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	<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Fitna: Freedom of expression or freedom to insult?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calls from countries with a largely Muslim population to ban Geert Wilders film Fitna have fallen on deaf ears in the Netherlands, where freedom of expression is seen as an unassailable right. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Minister Allows Porn Movie on Public Broadcasting</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20481/deep-throat-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Media Minister Ronald Plasterk sees no possibilities nor desire for banning public broadcasters BNN and VPRO from showing the explicit porn film Deep Throat. Christian government party ChristenUnie appears to be accepting this decision.]]></description>
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		<title>Porn movie on Dutch public tv causes row</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20480/deep-throat</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A stale old porn movie is at the centre of a political row involving Dutch public television. Public broadcasting corporations VPRO and BNN are planning to screen Deep Throat, a 1972 vintage production, as part of a themed night on the history of pornographic films.]]></description>
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		<title>Amsterdam promises to clean up world-famous Red Light District</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20154/amsterdam-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Amsterdam, Netherlands, is making good on its promise to clean up its world-famous Red Light District. Plans to upgrade the 750-year-old neighborhood over the next ten years include banning window prostitution from all but two locations.]]></description>
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		<title>Netherlands Not So Dutch Anymore</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19947/netherlands-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 13:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ayaan Hirsi Ali]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hirsi Ali, the former Somali refugee, is one of the success stories of Dutch immigration policy, but also one of its fiercest critics. She condemns the Dutch tradition of multiculturalism, saying tolerance for the intolerant has provided a dangerous breeding ground for Islamic radicalism.]]></description>
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		<title>A princess and a refugee stir national identity crisis in the Netherlands</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19801/islam-55</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 11:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ayaan Hirsi Ali condemns the Dutch tradition of multiculturalism — saying tolerance for the intolerant has provided a dangerous breeding ground for Islamic radicalism.]]></description>
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		<title>Holland to ban sale of magic mushrooms</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19626/holland-mushrooms</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sale of hallucinogenic magic mushrooms is about to be banned by the Dutch Government in the latest sign of a conservative backlash against Amsterdam’s relaxed attitude towards sex and drugs.]]></description>
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		<title>Netherlands: Small town of Urk exemplifies pious heart of the Dutch Christian right</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19520/netherlands-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:58:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Thousands here spurn television, theater, movies and dancing. Many dress in black and attend three hours of church services on Sunday. And some refuse to immunize their children or buy insurance because they believe this interferes with the will of God.]]></description>
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		<title>Dutch Religious Processions Thrive</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18556/netherlands</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:53:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Though the Netherlands is frequently the target of criticism by religious conservatives and the Vatican for its tolerant policies toward marijuana, prostitution and euthanasia, many Dutch are both socially permissive and highly religious.]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim minister in Netherlands says he is integration pioneer</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17667/muslim-minister-in-netherlands-says-he-is-integration-pioneer</link>
		<comments>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17667/muslim-minister-in-netherlands-says-he-is-integration-pioneer#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 12:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Dutch-Moroccan, one of the first Muslim cabinet ministers in Europe, said yesterday he hopes he is blazing a trail for others, but said Muslims must do more to dispel fears stoked by militant Islamists.]]></description>
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