Geert Wilders (leader of the PVV) was acquitted of incitement and discrimination. He will not be prosecuted for his “fewer Moroccans” statement which he made on the evening of the announcement of the municipal election results in 2014. During the evening Wilders was addressing a bar filled with PVV-supporters and asked them if they wanted more or fewer Moroccans.

The death of African American George Floyd as the result of American police brutality has initiated a worldwide movement against racism. The uprisings were not limited to the United States, protests against racism also occurred in several major cities in the Netherlands.

In recent years, we have seen time and again that the anti-Islam policy in The Netherlands has many faces. However, with the parliamentary questioning on foreign funding of mosques and Islamic organizations a new milestone has been reached in the battle against Islam. Islamic institutions (including mosques) are being questioned about their funding while churches, synagogues, Hindu temples, Buddhist temples or other places of worship or meditation remain unaffected.

NRC Handelsblad and Niewsuur have published articles on January 8, stating that the House of Representatives ordered several mosques, one of which is the As-Soennah Mosque in The Hague, to appear before them for parliamentary questioning.