People representing a broad coalition against racismrecently gathered at the central Al-Kabir mosque in the capital city of the Netherlands.
They also expressed opposition to anti-Muslim sentiments in the country.
This comes as Geert Wilders, 53, a notorious Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker has vowed to shut mosques and ban the Holy Quran if his party wins upcoming parliamentary elections.
Najem Ouladali, one of the organizers of the gathering, said that Muslim community pose no danger to the society. “We as a Muslim community pose no danger whatsoever to society,”
On the other hand, “We believe that what Wilders is doing is very dangerous to our society,” Ouladali noted.
Wilders, the founder of the ultra-right Party for Freedom has vowed in his party’s one-page manifesto that if the party wins in the elections, he would ban the sale of the copies of the Quran, close mosques and Islamic schools, shut Dutch borders, and ban Muslim migrants.
Wilders, who is campaigning ahead of the March 15 general elections on an anti-Islam ticket, has also previously been taken to court for anti-Islam comments.
A series of latest opinion polls show support for Wilders and his extreme stance have withered in recent days.
Wilders has courted controversy with his incendiary insults against Moroccans, who forms two percent of the Netherlands’ population, and has been tried in the past for offensive remarks against them.
The European country is also home to a large number of Turkish people. Members of both the Moroccan and Turkish minority groups follow the Islamic faith.
It is worthy to mention that Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic urged followers of all divine religions to unite under banner of monotheism and confront aggressive policies by colonial powers.
Imam’s dynamic ideals and thought are becoming increasingly popular among devotees and followers of all divine religions.