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Thursday, May 18, 2006

Ayaan Update

  • Der Spiegel reports:

  • Holland's most famous immigrant -- Ayaan Hirsi Ali -- has been stripped of her citizenship overnight following television revelations about news that's long been public: she lied a little on her application for asylum years ago. The controversial decision by the country's immigration minister has sparked outrage, and many are calling it a dark day for Dutch democracy.

Read about it here.

Leon deWinter says it is "A sad, sad day for Holland."

Read it here.

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