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As elsewhere in Europe over the last decade Islam has become the dominant marker of identity attributed to Dutch citizens of Muslim descent. Besides 9/11 and the subsequent ‘war on terror’, several local incidents have influenced the dominant Dutch discourse on Islam. In 2002, it shook the nation when the liberal-rightist politician Pim Fortuyn, who spoke in very negative terms about Muslims, was killed. Even though the murderer was an environmentalist of Dutch background, Fortuyn’s death is often associated with the perceived danger posed by the presence of fundamentalist Muslims in the Netherlands.
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Buitelaar, M. (2010). Muslim Women’s Narratives on Religious Identification in a Polarising Dutch Society. In: Marranci, G. (eds) Muslim Societies and the Challenge of Secularization: An Interdisciplinary Approach. Muslims in Global Societies Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3362-8_11
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