Once again the controversy over the building of mosques in the Netherlands returns, and this time it is over the construction of Al Wihda Mosque in the Dutch city of Gouda. After a large number of CDA party members raised many questions about the construction of the mosque last November, the party is now seeking to prevent foreign aid to the mosque legally.

On Wednesday afternoon, we were catapulted to the year 2011, when the media coverage in Norway, right after the terror attack in Utøya pointed their fingers at the Muslims without any substantial evidence, as became apparent later. This time it was the attack on the office of the French satire weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo which resulted in twelve people dead.

Some of the Holland parties, such as the BVDA party and the VVD party, conducted recently a discussion about the issue of marriage according to the Islamic Shariah laws, and that occurred after interviewing Sheikh Fawwaz Junaid, who is the Imam of the mosque in the city of The Hague.

The Netherlands has witnessed a series of striking events in the last couple of weeks, whereby some had far-reaching consequences. The ban on waving the Islamic flag. The call of politicians to act firm against so-called ‘hate-Imams' and deny their entrance. The leaflet of the CDA wherein they call to keep an eye on the Muslims. The arrest of two Muslim men from The Hague.