Doorn accepted Islam after criticisms of the film 'Fitna' encouraged him to look into Islam. Shortly after converting, he performed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
Source/Credit: World Bulletin
By News Desk | March 3, 2014
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Arnoud van Doorn, a former far-right Dutch politician and a former friend of notorious anti-Muslim propagandist Geert Wilders, but later accepted Islam and became a Muslim, has announced his plans to launch a new Islamic party in his native Holland.
The Islamic Party for Unity will be contending for three seats in the upcoming municipal elections on March 19.
Doorn says it was 'only logical' for Muslims to have political representation.
“Our standpoints are based on the Islam. We come up for minorities and the welfare of animals,” he said. Asked about what his party's stance would be on homosexuals, Doorn said that all acts of affection in general were private affairs and thus should be kept private.
A former member of the Geert Wilders racist Dutch Party for Freedom, Doorn converted to Islam after propagating against the religion for years, including participating in the production of a film which portrayed Prophet Mohammed negatively.
Doorn, who had co-produced the anti-Islamic film 'Fitna' along with Geert Wilders, says criticisms of the film encouraged him to look into Islam. Shortly after converting, he performed the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
He now claims he is a voice for Holland's one million Muslims, around 15,000 of whom are like himself converts to the religion.
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I wish he never converted to Islam. That is weird. He participated in a film that portrayed Muhammad negatively then converts.
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