Former Dutch far-right politician converts to Islam

By Abdullah Asiran </p> <p>ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands (AA) – A former far-right Dutch politician announced on Monday that he has converted to Islam. </p> <p>Writing a book on Islam changed the views of Joram van Klaveren, 39, on Islam, and he converted last October, local media reported. </p> <p>Van Klaveren served as a member of parliament for the far-right Freedom Party (PVV) from 2010 to 2014. </p> <p>He resigned after PVV leader Geert Wilders’ racist remarks about Moroccans and set up his own party, but failed to win a seat in the 2017 national elections, and quit politics. </p> <p>Van Klaveren’s about-face follows in the footsteps of Arnoud Van Doorn, another former PVV member who converted to Islam. </p> <p>Van Doorn praised van Klaveren on Twitter, saying he never thought that he would see so many converts from his former party. </p> <p>