News item | 19-02-2025 | 15:55
3 foreign Islamic speakers who would speak on Saturday 22 February 2025 at an event in Utrecht, the Netherlands is not allowed in. Minister Faber (asylum and migration) has decided that after consultation with Minister Van Weel (Justice and Security).
The reason for the refusal includes reprehensible statements that the speakers in the past made about women and gays, among others. There is also trivializing talk about sexual intercourse with minors and one of the speakers denied the terrorist attack of Hamas on October 7, 2023.
These statements can contribute to a climate of hatred, hostility and enforcement. The arrival of the speakers, who would speak at an event in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, is therefore undesirable.
Minister Marjolein Faber (asylum and migration): “It is unacceptable that Islamic speakers want to abuse our freedom for hate -sowing speeches. Our Dutch dikes cannot be high enough to keep hatred, aggression and violence. ”