NEWS.COM.AU: POLICE in Amsterdam will get half the purchase price back if they buy the Koran to deepen their knowledge of Islam, a spokesman said today.
A new translation had just appeared in Dutch and officers on the beat were being encouraged to read this and a biography of the Prophet Mohammed, Ebe van der Land said.
"These two books will make for a better understanding and knowledge of the Koran and the life of the prophet," Mr van der Land said.
"Police bosses have decided that staff who buy these books will be refunded half the price."
The integration of minority communities has become a contentious issue in the Netherlands, specially after film maker Theo van Gogh's murder by a radical Muslim in 2004. Dutch Police Encouraged to Read Koran >>> | May 27, 2008
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