Dutch Muslims react with shock at the election win of populist Geert Wilders who wants to ban mosques and the Qur'an, and end immigration

Why should they be shocked, it is a Christian country!! Almost all Muslim countries do that, obviously, there is NO freedom of religion!! You guys never allow anyone to convert out of Islam, have no problem converting others.

Talk TV : Dutch Muslims expressed shock on Thursday at the election win of populist Geert Wilders, who has previously called for mosques and the Qu'ran to be banned in the Netherlands.

Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) beat all predictions on Wednesday night by winning 37 seats out of 150 in the Dutch parliament, well ahead of a Labour/Green combination and the outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservatives.

"These election results are shocking for Dutch Muslims. We did not expect such a party with a programme that is against the basic principles of the rule of law to be so big," said Muhsin Koktas of Muslim organization CMO.

Muslims make up around 5% of the Dutch population of almost 18 million people.   In a victory speech, Wilders vowed to bring an end to a "tsunami of asylum and immigration."

Wilders' rode a wave of anti-immigration sentiment, blaming a housing shortage on flows of asylum seekers and drawing on widespread concerns about the cost of living and the overburdened healthcare system.

"It was a blow I have to process," Abdessamad Taheri, a 45-year old community worker in the multi-ethnic Schilderswijk neighbourhood in The Hague said. Mehdi Koc, a 41-year-old insulation installer, said he was shocked by the swing to the PVV, while Taheri said the vote sent different messages to Muslims, although the overwhelming emotion was of disappointment.

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