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.

Hizb ut Tahrir / The Netherlands organized a lecture on Thursday the 12th of December 2019 in the Hague titled: “I belong to the Muslims”. The event was opened by a recitation of the Quran after which Mikael ibn Hassan held the first talk. Mikael discussed the importance identity and explained that identity is that which connects a group of people and distinguishes them from the rest.