Holland: Moroccan Woman Wearing Niqab Physically Assaulted

Casablanca- The association of Dutch Moroccans (SMN) recently expressed concern about the rise in discrimination against Muslims in the Netherlands after a Moroccan woman was recently beaten up in broad daylight in a supermarket Eindhoven, according to NlTimes.

Two men in Eindhoven allegedly tore off a Moroccan woman’s niqab and then beat her severaly on Wednesday afternoon, according to the same source.

The woman was allegedly beaten inside the Plus Supermarket in the Woenselsestraat in Eindhoven.

According to Amar Nejjar, manager of the Al-Fourqaan mosque in Eindhoven, people witnessed the assault on the Moroccan woman but refrained from intervening. “Witnesses saw it happening but didn’t help the woman,” said Nejjar.

With such violent manifestations of discrimination against Muslims increasingly happening in the Netherlands, Muslims no longer feel secure on the Dutch streets, according to Nejjar.

According to NLTimes, SMN released a report on similar cases of violence and discrimination taking place in the Netherlands, and called on victims of physical or verbal abuse to lodge complaints with the police.

At a municipal election campaign rally last month, the right-wing Freedom Party leader Greet Wilders told his that supporters he wanted “fewer Moroccans” in the Hague and the Netherlands.

Wilders told supporters they should vote “for a city with fewer problems, and if it’s at all possible, fewer Moroccans”.

Wilders said “Moroccan scum” should leave the Netherlands, and that Moroccans were over-represented in crime statistics and in the number of people receiving social assistance benefits.