DDHK News, Netherlands - In order to gain insight into the life of Dutch converts in their new religion (Islam), the Amsterdam Museum is holding an exhibition about the lives of people who have recently converted to Islam.
Information about the exhibition which was held based on the idea and research of the anthropologist Vanessa Vroon-Najem, can be visited on its page Amsterdam Museum.
"I have been working at the Amsterdam Museum since 1999 and this is the time to hold an exhibition about converting to perfect Islam," he told onislam.net (19/5).
The idea for the exhibition, which was held at the Amsterdam Museum from 11 April - 29 June 2014, is based on the results of research for the doctorate degree (Ph.D) Vroon-Najem who converted to Islam in 1996.
The exhibition entitled "Becoming Muslim" also has a mission to spread better information about Islam, which is increasingly adhering to in the Netherlands. The number of Dutch converts has exceeded 15.000.
Apart from Vroon-Najem's research results, the exhibition also presents photographs of converts by photographer Saskia Aukema.
The two things on display will show how Islam is not a violent religion as has been described by the Western media.
The number of Muslims in the Netherlands reaches one million of the 16 million inhabitants of the Netherlands, mostly immigrants from Turkey and Morocco. (mel / onislam.net / localhost / project / personal / ddhongkong.org / ddhongkong.org). *
