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The UN is Stirring the Pot about ‘Black Pete’ The Netherlands continues to face pressure over a Christmas tradition more than 200 years old. According to centuries old folklore, Black Pete is Father Christmas’s servant who climbs down chimneys to help him deliver presents to children.  But critics say the character, known in Dutch as Zwarte Piet and depicted with ...

A Dutch right-wing member of parliament called for a purge of mosques in the Netherlands during a debate on the integration of Muslim and Turkish minorities. [1] Without Islam, the Netherlands would be a wonderful country, says Dutch politician Machiel de Graaf with the PVV party to the Dutch Parliament. “Dutch unity, identity and culture are being wrecked by immigration and ...