Tofik Dibi
| Tofik Dibi | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives of the Netherlands | |
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| Assumed office November 30, 2006 |
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| Born | Tovek Dibi November 19, 1980 Vlissingen, Netherlands |
| Political party | GreenLeft (GroenLinks - GL) |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
| Residence | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Religion | Muslim |
| Website | (Dutch) GreenLeft website |
Tovek (Tofik) Dibi (born November 19, 1980 in Vlissingen) is a Dutch politician for GreenLeft (GroenLinks). He has been an MP since November 30, 2006. He focuses on matters of criminal law, safety, youth, family, and integration.
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[edit] Biography
Dibi is of Moroccan descent. He is studying Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, specializing in cinema. He combined his study with activities in the Marxist Turkish Workers' Union in the Netherlands, and in his own neighborhood Bos en Lommer in Amsterdam. Together with the Trotskyist International Socialists, he initiated the national demonstration Stop Bush! organizing protests when George W. Bush visited the Netherlands in 2005, and the national action committee Enough is Enough, which focused on the discrimination against Muslims.
In September 2006 Dibi unexpectedly came in seventh on the list of GreenLeft for the 2006 general elections and was chosen in the House of Representatives in November 2006. The GreenLeft screening commission called him "a political talent", to Dibi's own amazement, for he had not considered his candidacy all that seriously.[1] At the time he was the youngest member of parliament. Because of his background he concentrates on improving opportunities for young allochtone (migrant) people in the larger cities.
On January 13, 2007 Dibi was arrested and later released while pamphleteering against Dutch MP Geert Wilders with members of the International Socialists.[2] Their posters called Wilders "an extremist" and "harmful for society".[3]
In December 2011 Dibi and lesbian Muslim activist Irshad Manji were labeled as "apostates" by the Salafi group Sharia4Belgium, which called for their deaths.[4]
[edit] See also
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- (Dutch) Parlement.com biography
- ^ Interview with Tofik Dibi at Spunk.nl
- ^ Polarisatie en radicalisering in Nederland - Een verkenning van de stand van zaken in 2009, p. 106 [a government report on radical organisations]
- ^ "Weer anti-Wildersbetogers opgepakt". NOS Nieuws. 2008-01-13. http://www.nos.nl/nos/artikelen/2008/01/art000001C855F41169C0AB.html. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Doc's Talk 12/26/2011
[edit] External links
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