09 February 2011

Minister: Scrapping Ham from Menu Not Islamisation

Home Affairs Minister Piet Hein Donner has rejected suggestions that the fact the police in Gelderland are not served pigmeat any more is an illustration of Islamisation of Dutch society.

The province's corps is no longer served any ham rolls, according to local newspaper De Gelderland. This meat is not 'halal' for Muslims. Party for Freedom (PVV) MPs Geert Wilders and Hero Brinkman had complained to the minister about this "example of unacceptable Islamisation of the Netherlands." [NIS News] Read more