Wednesday, November 10, 2004
In Mourning Slain Filmmaker, Dutch Confront Limitations of Their Tolerance
The New York Times > International > Europe: "The attacks have scratched the patina of tolerance on which the Dutch have long prided themselves, particularly here, in a city where the scent of hashish trails in the air, prostitutes beckon from red-lighted storefront brothels and Hells Angels live side by side with Hare Krishnas. But many Dutch now say that for years that the tradition of tolerance had suppressed an open debate about the challenges of integrating conservative Muslims."
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