Dutch Ex-Muslim to get protection after attack

From correspondents in Amsterdam
August 07, 2007 06:44pm

AN Iranian-born politician who heads a Dutch group for "ex-Muslims" will get extra protection after he was attacked near his home, a spokesman for the National Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism said today.

The attack on Ehsan Jami caused an outcry in the Netherlands, where a filmmaker critical of Islam was murdered in an Amsterdam street three years ago, and where high-profile lawmakers have faced death threats from Islamist militants.

Mr Jami, 22, was set upon by three assailants of non-Dutch origin at the weekend, the third time he had been attacked, his adviser Afshin Ellian told Dutch media.