Dutch officials visit Dearborn to learn about improving Muslim relations

Dutch officials visited the city Wednesday to discern why Muslims are more accepted in the United States than in The Netherlands. Dutch society is plagued with problems of high unemployment and low integration and participation in the society by Moroccan and some Turkish immigrants.

There also are ongoing culture wars between Muslims and the Dutch, including the assassination of the filmmaker Theo van Gogh in 2004 and the production of a film "Fitna," which Muslims criticized as highly intolerant.

Amid the social and religious tensions, the Dutch are trying to negotiate the difficulties sometimes caused by free speech and (...)