{"id":48192,"date":"2018-10-06T14:26:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=48192"},"modified":"2018-10-06T14:27:14","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T13:27:14","slug":"dutch-mayor-shuts-down-islamophobic-demonstration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/dutch-mayor-shuts-down-islamophobic-demonstration\/","title":{"rendered":"Dutch mayor shuts down Islamophobic demonstration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48193\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Islamophobic-demonstration.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"175\" \/>The mayor of Utrecht city in the Netherlands shut down an anti-Muslim demonstration late Friday by the far-right Pegida political movement in front of Ulu Mosque.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the demonstration, members of Pegida, or the Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West, made speeches insulting Islam.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A brawl broke out between Pegida members and residents after the speeches and one university student was injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- Automatic size Responsive --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"7381563475\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Utrecht Mayor Jan van Zanen ordered the demonstration to be shut down for security reasons an hour after it began.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yucel Aydemir, president of the Ulu Mosque Foundation, told Anadolu Agency that anti-Islam statements by Pegida members led to the provocation of a group of Muslims and a brawl broke out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI have been living here for 38 years, and this is the first time I have experienced such an incident,\u201d Aydemir added.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/dutch-mayor-shuts-down-islamophobic-demonstration\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor of Utrecht city in the Netherlands shut down an anti-Muslim demonstration late Friday by the far-right Pegida political movement in front of Ulu Mosque. During the demonstration, members of Pegida, or the Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West, made speeches insulting Islam. 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