Dutch Govt. Cuts Down Foreign Imams to Zero by 2008

Dutch Govt. Cuts Down Foreign Imams to Zero by 2008

"Dutch Govt. Cuts Down Foreign Imams to Zero by 200811/27/2005

– The Dutch government has signed a declaration of intent with a local university to train imams in what the government said was an endeavor to cut down the number of foreign imams to zero by 2008.

'Choosing imams remains the domain of the mosques, but this declaration of intent will allow (us) to propose a complete program in concert with Muslim organizations and the teaching world,' justice ministry spokesman Arnoud Strijbis told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Saturday, November 26.

The Contact Group for Muslims and Government (CMO), the government's preferred partner organization, will work with Amsterdam's Inholland college to create a four-year program for imams."