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Amsterdam - The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, got a storm of critics after wishing Muslims a nice Ramadan. It is the first time that the Prime Minister wished Dutch Muslims a Happy Ramadan, and it caused a big stir.
His twitter message read: “I want to wish the one Million Muslims in the Netherlands a nice Ramadan. Ramadan kareem.”
“Graag wens ik de miljoen moslims in Nederland een fijne ramadan toe. Ramadan kareem."
— Minister-president (@MinPres) June 18, 2015
Geert Wilders responded to the message of the prime minister, calling him “crazy.”
Ramadan Kareem Mark? #knettergek https://t.co/ndFW6Xuepp
— Geert Wilders (@geertwilderspvv) June 18, 2015
Wilders was not the only one to be very critical about this message to Muslims. Many other Dutch citizens didn’t appreciate Rutte’s move towards Muslims.
Some wonder why Rutte doesn’t send similar wishes during Christmas or other important national festivities. Some even compared wishing Ramadan Mubarak with anti-Semitism.
Both U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted similar messages without stirring any controversy in their respective countries. Cameron sent his very best wishes to everyone who is observing the holy month of Ramadan. And Obama wished everyone a Ramadan Kareem.
Some of the reactions were very harshly critical of Islam, with many associating it with murder and oppression. Some went as far as claiming that the Dutch Premier’s message to Muslims as “a slap in the face of victims of Islam.”
@MinPres Een klap in het gezicht van al die tientallen miljoenen slachtoffers van de islam.
— Typisch_henk (@Typisch_Henk) June 18, 2015
“No, from the Jewish religion this anti-Semitist never heard… freaky,” said one Facebook users.
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“He[‘s] going to speak a foreign language now? He never wished our people happy Christmas, what a lickspittle. But the Ramadan is fine, mind you,” another Twitter user said.
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Reflecting the widespread Islamophobia prevalent in the Netherlands, one Twitter user called the Ducth Premier “President of Muslims.”
“How great, president of the Muslims! Luckily Islam stands only for murder, massacre, inequality and oppression.”
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