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Traditionalist Salafi Muslims in the Netherlands disapprove of violence and reject it as a means of spreading their belief, according to research published by the University of Amsterdam.
Researchers at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies found that Salafis constitute "an average orthodox movement". Although their world view, according to the academics, is "rigid and one-sided" they are not aspiring to fight Dutch society.
They are in fact trying to find a place within society, which, hampered by the orthodox nature of their beliefs, is difficult to combine with a job or higher education.