Islamic Fundamentalism Is Alive And Well In Holland
First Publish: 9/30/2001, 7:30 PM
A calendar printed in Egypt shows, for the month of September 2001, the crash of a passenger plane -- with New York City as its backdrop. The calendar, published three months ago, is being used in an Islamic school in the Dutch town of Almere, where it has caused an uproar. The Dutch internal security service (BVD) is reportedly investigating the matter. Quoted on the calendar are the words, \"I am supported by Allah, to die for Allah\" - uttered by an EgyptAir pilot as he crashed a jet near New York two years ago, causing the deaths of all 217 people on board. However, the plane crashed in November - not September - of 1999. Almere\'s Deputy Mayor said the distribution of such controversial Islamic-extremist fundamentalist propaganda material \"cannot be tolerated in Almere.\" Some of the calendar\'s other illustrations show a stone-throwing Palestinian demonstrator in front of the Al-Aksa mosque in Jerusalem, an Egyptian military assault during the Six-Day War against Israel, and a futuristic image of an Arab \"liberation\" of Jerusalem.
De Telegraaf reports that the head of the Islamic school, Mrs. Dekker, allegedly had a large number of calendars in her possession from the end of May to the beginning of June, and that when confronted with the calendar images, she responded in a \"shocked, startled manner,\" asking, \"How did you get this?\" before shrouding herself in silence when further questioned by journalists.
De Telegraaf reports that the head of the Islamic school, Mrs. Dekker, allegedly had a large number of calendars in her possession from the end of May to the beginning of June, and that when confronted with the calendar images, she responded in a \"shocked, startled manner,\" asking, \"How did you get this?\" before shrouding herself in silence when further questioned by journalists.
