Municipalities commissioned undercover investigations into mosques: NRC

At least ten municipalities commissioned undercover investigators to visit mosques and collect sensitive information on administrators, imams and teachers, the NRC reported. The Islamic umbrella organization SPIOR said the investigation “enormously” damaged the trust the Muslim community has in the government. “With a government that so violently and radically portrays the Muslim community as the “other” and “potentially dangerous”, populism seems to have reached the upper government levels,” SPIOR said. The agency said it adheres to the law, yet privacy experts told the NRC that municipalities are breaking the law with these undercover investigations.