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AMSTERDAM, (Reuters): Arsonists tried to set fire to an Islamic school in the Netherlands overnight, a reminder of the wave of attacks seen after the murder in November of a Dutch filmmaker critical of Islam.

Dutch police today said they were investigating the incident at the school in the town of Haarlem, west of Amsterdam. There was little damage to the school.

''We are looking for witnesses. The children could continue their classes in a nearby building,'' the spokesman said.

Dozens of mosques and Muslim schools were attacked after filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and stabbed as he cycled to work in Amsterdam on November. 2. His criticism of Islam had enraged many Muslims.

Several Christian churches and schools were attacked in apparent tit-for-tat responses.

A 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan man, Mohammed Bouyeri, has been charged with Van Gogh's murder and pre-trial hearings started last month.

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