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Dutch government seeks ban on Muslim niqab in public over security fears.
Europe Last Modified: 21 Nov 2006 09:06 GMT
Dutch government cites 'security reasons' for seeking to ban the burqa in public.
Europe Last Modified: 20 Nov 2006 20:37 GMT
The Dutch government has said it will seek a way of banning the wearing of burqas and other Muslim face veils in public places, possibly becoming the first European country to impose such a ruling.
Archive Last Modified: 10 Nov 2006 21:07 GMT
The Dutch prime minister will tender his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix after a party quit the ruling coalition in a row over the immigration minister.
Archive Last Modified: 29 Jun 2006 20:07 GMT
The Dutch immigration minister survived a no-confidence vote but one of the governing coalition's own members voted against her, bringing the continuation of the Cabinet in its current form in doubt.
Archive Last Modified: 29 Jun 2006 12:35 GMT
 A Somali-born Dutch politician can keep her Dutch citizenship despite admitting that she lied in her asylum application, the Dutch government has said.
Archive Last Modified: 27 Jun 2006 15:21 GMT
The Dutch parliament has demanded the country's immigration minister reverse her decision to strip a controversial Somali-born MP of citizenship.
Archive Last Modified: 17 May 2006 20:19 GMT

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the controversial Somali-born member of the Dutch parliament, has said she will resign and leave the country after admitting lying in her asylum application.

Archive Last Modified: 16 May 2006 13:48 GMT
The Dutch government has announced plans to force 755,000 people to take a citizenship exam and language test or risk a fine and possibly lose their right to live in the Netherlands.
Archive Last Modified: 07 Dec 2004 23:54 GMT

Comments by a Muslim spokesman that he hoped for the death of a populist Dutch politician accused of being Islamophobic have inflamed passions in a country divided by the recent killing of a filmmaker.

Archive Last Modified: 24 Nov 2004 19:26 GMT
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