#  Education minister refuses to fund Islamic school in Amsterdam - WorldWide Religious News/Dutch News 

 





June 08, 2016

 

 

Junior education minister Sander Dekker has ruled out funding a proposed Islamic secondary school in Amsterdam in the latest stage of a long-running dispute.In a letter to parliament, Dekker said he was not convinced that the Amsterdam Islamic Education Board (SIO) could fulfill its ‘legal citizenship duties’, adding: ‘We cannot use taxpayers’ money to support a school where children learn to reject the Netherlands rather than become part of it.’Source: *[Education minister refuses to fund Islamic school in Amsterdam - WorldWide Religious News/Dutch News](http://wwrn.org/articles/45948/)*



 

 

 



 

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