The son of former far-right Dutch leader Arnoud Van Doorn, who converted to Islam last year, has also joined his father in professing his faith in the religion of Islam. The Khaleej Times on 21 April reported that Iskander Van Doorn had made his declaration of faith along with 37 others at a Dubai International Peace Convention. “I saw my father become more peaceful after converting to Islam,” Iskander said, adding “that’s when I realised there is something good in this religion and it made me change my perception of Muslims.”
Stating that after his father’s conversion, he too started studying the Qur’ān and listening to lectures about Islam, the 22-year-old Isakander said a close friend who was a Muslim also helped to teach him more about the religion. His father, a former aide to Holland’s far-right leader Geert Wilders, participated in the making of the anti-Islamic film Fitna which insulted Islam.