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2/15/07

Dutch nationalist party rebuked for trying to block appointment of Muslims to Cabinet

International Herald Tribune

"Dutch nationalist party rebuked for trying to block appointment of Muslims to Cabinet

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: A far-right Dutch political party objected Thursday to the appointment of two Muslims to the Cabinet because they have dual nationalities.

Ahmed Aboutaleb and Nebahat Albayrak were named to become the junior ministers for social affairs and integration respectively in the new centrist Cabinet being formed by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. They would be the first Dutch Cabinet members who are Muslim."

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