Posted on 11/02/2004 3:58:34 AM PST by Max Combined
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch filmmaker who had criticized the treatment of women under Islam in a movie and in newspaper columns was shot dead Tuesday outside a city government office in Amsterdam, police said
Police spokeswoman Elly Florax confirmed media reports the victim was filmmaker Theo van Gogh and that a suspect had been arrested after a shootout in a local park. The suspect, who was not identified, and a police officer were injured, she said.
No motive was given for the attack.
Van Gogh had made headlines recently with a film critical of some elements of Islamic culture. He also wrote columns about the Islam which were published on his Web site, www.theovangogh.nl, and Dutch newspaper Metro. He had reportedly received death threats following the airing of the film.
The short television film "Submission" aired on Dutch television in August and enraged the Muslim community in the Netherlands which said it was provocative and lacked insight.
It told the fictional story of a Muslim woman forced into a violent marriage, raped by a relative and brutally punished for adultery.
The English-language film was scripted by a right-wing politician who years ago renounced the Islamic faith of her birth and now refers to herself as an "ex-Muslim."
Somali-born Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a member of the Dutch parliament, has repeatedly outraged fellow Muslims by criticizing Islamic customs and the failure of Muslim families to adopt Dutch ways.
The place of Muslim immigrants in Dutch society has long been a contentious issue in the Netherlands, where many right-wing politicians have pushed for tougher immigration laws and say Muslims already settled in the country must make a greater effort to assimilate.
Theo van Gogh, 47, has often come under criticism for his controversial movies. In December, his next movie "06-05," about the May 6, 2002 assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, is scheduled to debut on the Internet.
"0.5% want to kill us and blow us up.
99.5% want to live."
I read some of your old posts, since you are a newby and I wanted to check your drift. I have to admit that you are smart, conservative, and funny.
I think, however, that you have your percentages messed up.
99.99% want to live.
90% would like to see us killed or living as Dhimmis.
Reports on the IMDB message board say that Theo was stabbed on his bike and then shot by a 26 year old Moroccan.
ANOTHER ARTICLE IN TIME FOR ELECTION DAY THAT VINDICATES THE RIGHT. MAYBE THE DUTCH WILL DEMAND RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, BAD NEWS DAY FOR THE DEMS.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE REPUBS.
"As long as they behave themselves and leave the rest of us alone, they can dream all they want."
Aye, there is the rub
Those who follow Islam are commanded to conduct Jihad and to convert via the sword.
"A Dutch filmmaker who had criticized the treatment of women under Islam in a movie and in newspaper columns was shot dead Tuesday outside a city government office in Amsterdam, police said."
"No motive was given for the attack."
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, eh Max?
Sorry Max... Misread you as the "author" of the masterpiece of journalism. Thanks for the posting.
Fatwa city, I would say.
"A suspect, a 26-year-old man with dual Dutch-Moroccan nationality, was arrested after a shootout with officers that left him wounded, police said."
They will always claim they don't "promote" murder.
Eventually, though they are anything but secular , they
are bound to hit on the Fundi-Islam version of our
"it's just one lone nut" theory.
So it wasn't a radical animal rights activist this time!!ehhh!!
The "religion of peace" in action again.
The end of this fake religion will come soon.
Tell me more. I'm all ears!
No, just a radical animal.
Too bad your not allowed to take these kinds of rabid errr... radical animals to a remote field somewhere and shoot them.
as we reclaim our borders, language, culture.
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Hmmm... Yule Ike Mike, Eh? . Goody, Cuz Isle Ike Mike Two !!!
After all, the desire to live almost always (99.5% of the time) trumps the desire to see us live as dhimmis.
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no... No... and NO !!! . THEY WANT TO DIE FOR ALLAH so they can collect 72 firm breasted virgins, 12 beautiful young boys, all the wine they can drink, plus lots 'n lots of other promised crapola when they get to Muzzle-em Pair o' Dice !!!
Hooray! The religion of peace kills another in the name of the false god and demon idol allah and his pimp mohamed. Oh what a beautiful world it will be when islam is the official religion of all . Death to their religion of peace! Carpet bomb babylon-syria Saudi arabia every lslamic speaking ground and make it into dust! I am fed up with this crap. SO every time we open our mouths about their demon god and pimp prophet were going to run in fear of them killing us. destroy them before they kill us. FIght them there before the come here.
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