Van Klaveren said he made the decision last October whilst writing a book initially intended to demonise the religion. “During that writing, I came across more and more things that made my view on Islam falter,” he said in an interview with Dutch Radio. Van Klaveren was a member of the PVV Party from 2010 to 2014. During this time, he campaigned harshly against Islam, stating that “Islam is a lie” and “Quran is poison”. In a recent interview, he expressed his guilt over these past statements and stated that he was “simply wrong”. He also added that it was part of the PVV policy to link all negativity to Islam in one way or another.