24 December 2011

Dutch language gaining ground in mosques

.... The majority of the approximately 200 Moroccan-Dutch mosques, however, stick to Arabic for their sermons, although they are usually followed by a summary in Dutch.

Researcher Landman pointed out that the picture is different in the Turkish community, where Turkish is still the dominant language, both in mosques and outside.

The Roman Catholic church gave up Latin-only masses after 1964, following a papal decree which allowed the use of vernacular languages. In protestant churches, Dutch has been used since they were founded in the 16th century. [RNW] Read more [via Islam in Europe]