Extra security for Ehsan Jami
7 August 2007
VOORBURG - Ehsan Jami, the chairman of the committee for ex-Muslims, will be given extra security. The national anti-terrorism coordinator's office, the public prosecution department and the police decided during a meeting on Monday that "additional measures" are necessary for the protection of the 22-year-old Labour PvdA council member in Leidschendam-Voorburg.
A spokesperson for the office of the national anti-terrorism coordinator (NCTb) reported this on Monday when asked. The extra measures are being implemented because Jami was attacked and beaten in Voorburg last weekend. No further details about the extra security measures are being released.
Jami did not want to say much about the attack earlier in the day on Monday. "I'm too emotional for that," the politician said. His adviser, academic and writer Afshin Ellian, says that three men of ethnic background were waiting to attack Jami after he left a supermarket.
He was struck twice and sworn at. Ellian says it is the third time that Jami has been ambushed like this recently. The attack has been reported to police.
Jami said in an interview previously that Mohammed was "a terrible man." He hopes his committee can help Muslims who turn away from Islam and put taboos in the Muslim world like domestic violence and human rights violations on the agenda.
Harry Oldersma, faction chairman of the PvdA in Leidschendam-Voorburg, was "shocked and angry" at the abuse suffered by his fellow party member. "It just isn't acceptable that you are beaten up for having an opinion. That crosses all boundaries."
The parliamentary factions of the PvdA and the Freedom Party PVV have asked for clarification on Jami's security from the ministers of justice and home affairs.
[Copyright Expatica News + ANP 2007]
Subject: Dutch news
