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Said (39) & Maryam (33) are both volunteers at the mosque in a big Dutch city. In their spare time, they organise various child & youth activities at the mosque. But the society they live in has become very suspicious of all activities organised by mosques. A majority of Dutch people is afraid that these places of worship provide a platform for extremists and their hate speech against western values. And recently there have been clear signs and signals of children being beaten in after-school courses. Some are facts, some are stories. There is, however, no doubt that recent developments have done enormous damage to the idea that mosques can play a vital role in empowering communities and individuals in the Netherlands. Should social work and social research comply with this development?
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