Netherlands: Army employs two imams
Starting Thursday, the Dutch army is employing two imams. A spokesperson for the defense ministry confirmed the report Tuesday the the Vrij Nederland weekly.
The imams are Ali Eddaoudi and Souad Aydin. They are respectively of Moroccan and Turkish origins.
The two Islamic clerics trained in recent weeks in the military in order to be able to work in the army. On Thursday they will be presented with their beret at a private ceremony at the Royal Military Academy in Breda.
Source: Trouw (Dutch)
Starting Thursday, the Dutch army is employing two imams. A spokesperson for the defense ministry confirmed the report Tuesday the the Vrij Nederland weekly.
The imams are Ali Eddaoudi and Souad Aydin. They are respectively of Moroccan and Turkish origins.
The two Islamic clerics trained in recent weeks in the military in order to be able to work in the army. On Thursday they will be presented with their beret at a private ceremony at the Royal Military Academy in Breda.
Source: Trouw (Dutch)
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