Many people in Europe and the U.S. dispute the thesis that we are living through a clash of civilisations between Islam and the west. But a radical minority of Muslims firmly believes that Islam is under siege, and is committed to winning the holy war it has declared against the West.

There are some mosques with facilities for women; it's usually a back room with a back-door entrance.

There is a huge difference between being tolerant and tolerating intolerance

I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to Vatican City because of the beauty of the buildings and the artifacts.

If we don't take effective measures now, the Netherlands could be torn between two extreme rights.

It takes a long time to dissolve the bars of a mental cage.

The more we oblige, the more we self-censor, the more we appease, the bolder the enemy gets.