Factbook on Islamophobia published

A great deal of attention has been focused on the internet film about the Koran planned by Dutch MP Geert Wilders. The planned film is also leading to questions about the position of Muslims in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is mentioned, for instance, in the Organisation of the Islamic Conference’s report on Islamophobia, which was discussed at the Conference’s summit in Dakar on 13 and 14 March 2008.

The Dutch FORUM Institute for Multicultural Development has drawn up a report with facts and figures on the position of Muslims in the Netherlands (www.forum.nl/pdf/factbook-islam-en.pdf). FORUM, a non-governmental organisation that is independent of the Government, has sent the report to the OIC chairman.

Responsibility for the facts and figures presented in the report lies not with the Dutch Government, but with FORUM as a non-governmental organisation