Summary Terrorist Threat Netherlands 44
Proposal Affordability right-terrorism
Although jihadism determining the threat direction for Netherlands, new attacks from right-wing terrorist angle also conceivable, taking into account the flow of hatred against Muslims and asylum seekers is noticeable especially on the Internet. However, there is no evidence of new attacks from this angle. DTN recent period were first in the Dutch legal persons convicted by a right-wing extremist background for terrorism. In februari 2016 was thrown by them to firebomb a mosque in Enschede. The conceivable threat from this quarter comes mainly from violent loners or small, quickly radicalized groups.
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Rechts -terrorism in links-terrorism
Several Western countries have faced a significant threat from right-wing terrorist angle. Here, applicants, Muslims and Jews the most selected targets. The attack on an Islamic cultural center in Quebec in January 2017 a 27-year-old man took six people lives. The stop in Canada illustrates that serious violent threat mainly comes from the right-corner of terrorist (unknown) violent loners. In the right-terrorism is an attack by a loner classic modus operandi which is mainly active in encouraging the US.
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5. Extremism, radicalization and polarization
Extremely right (activism, within the law) and right-wing extremism (outside legal)
In recent years, the arrows of extreme right-wing and right-wing extremist groups and individuals in the Netherlands focused on Islam and Muslims, seekers and ideological
opponents. This focus is largely determined by the increase in the number of asylum seekers 2015 and structural terrorist threat from jihadists. Given the power of hatred against Muslims and asylum seekers is noticeable especially on the Internet, there remains a major breeding ground for potential new violence by loners or small, quickly radicalized groups such as the group carried out an attack on a mosque in Enschede (februari 2016).
In the run-up to praatpeal in Maassluis on 12 november 2016 there was evidence that right-wing extremists would seek violent confrontation with extreme leftist and anti-Black Peter activists. Remarkable is also the foundation of the xenophobic nationalist grouping Erkenbrand. This group is trying to ride on the success of the alt-right movement in the United States. For the first time a far-right group which operates a large number of sympathizers is highly educated in decades is therefore in Netherlands. In some cases, it seems the threat from this angle sometimes greater than that actually. The previously announced vigilantes such as Soldiers of Odin or DSDA are not or hardly active in public space. However, they have an active presence on the Internet, where several people openly accept their ideas.
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Polarization
The election period has expired without major incident. This period was ahead risky because, on top of the polarized climate, there could be heated public and political debate with the feeling may arise that violent action is needed to stop a perceived danger. The latter has not occurred during the election period. Many of the heated debates in the Netherlands are centered around Islam, Turkey, the European Union and the newly appointed US administration.
Ahead was the election in the Netherlands in recent DTN-time criticism of the outcome of the trial against PVV leader Wilders. Wilders was in December 2016 found guilty of insulting a group and inciting discrimination. The ruling led to social media to heated debates between for- and opponents of
conviction. Excluding advance by the parties as a potential coalition partner, led in pre-election debate between too many for- and opponents. Opponents consider this exclusion as undemocratic. Another trend is the popularity of populist parties in several Western countries are very critical of Islam and migrants. The aforementioned admission of the new US administration gave rise to demonstrations, unrest and anxiety among different groups of Dutch, including Muslims. Violent incidents with possible anti-Muslim motif at mosques and Islamic schools
This unrest will continue to feed.