Posted on 11/29/2004 7:16:12 PM PST by Land_of_Lincoln_John
AMSTERDAM Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali is working on a follow-up project to "Submission", the controversial film made with murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
Hirsi Ali said the theme for Submission - Part II will be how the Islamic faith oppresses individuals, with a focus on the position of women. She also said that she wants to abolish or phase out Islamic education, rather than "burn it down" immediately.
The subtitle to the new film will be Shortcut to Enlightenment. Hirsi Ali said she hopes to point out a short cut for Muslims to gain enlightenment, evening newspaper NRC Handelsblad reported Monday.
The first Submission was broadcast in August and
portrayed women in see-through clothing describing physical abuse within the Islamic community. Anti-women texts from the Koran were daubed on the performers' bodies.
Besides vowing to produce a follow-up to the film, Hirsi Ali also spoke with the NRC about her personal situation, political future and her ideas about the current social climate in the Netherlands. It was her first interview since the 2 November murder of Van Gogh in Amsterdam.
A letter left with Van Gogh's body warned that Hirsi Ali was next, prompting her to go into hiding. She agreed to the interview with the paper only on condition the whereabouts and time of the interview would be kept secret.
The Somali-born MP has several times in the past gone into hiding due to death threats made against her.
An outspoken critic of Islam, she has previously described the prophet Mohammed as a "perverted tyrant" by modern standards for taking a 12-year-old girl as a wife. She is also strongly opposed to the status accorded to women in the Islamic faith.
A 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan, Mohammed B., has been arrested for the murder of Van Gogh. He is allegedly linked to a group of Islamic militants accused of planning the murder of Hirsi Ali and conservative independent MP Geert Wilders.
Can't say I think much of the title, or the subject. It's been done to... well, to death.
Want to really get under the skins of the Dutch Mullahs? How about a short film entitled "Assimilation"? As a shortcut to "enlightenment", nothing beats the adoption of Western culture.
I guess she doesn't realize how small a film is right now. This kind just won't believe it if somebody didn't put it on a screen. It's time to join real life.
Evil hates the light, Islam hates democracy, Islam hates free speech, Islam hates the Truth. Islam hates the light. Is there a connection between Evil and Islam? You decide.
I hope she can reach out to the oppressed women.
Wish her the best - she's one of the bravest persons alive. Micheal Moore can only dream of achieving her level of bravery.
When the Van Gogh murder happened, I watched a well-known U.S. "moderate/progressive" muslim website and they were, you know, celebrating his grotesque murder. Some Dutch commenters got on and slammed them hard, but they [muslims] saw the murder as justification for a film against Islam.
You reminded me of this:
"Evil is like a shadow - it has no real substance of its own,
it is simply a lack of light.
You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it,
or any other form of emotional or physical resistance.
In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it."
- Shakti Gawain
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