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Exodus 25:40
And look that thou make [them] after their pattern, which was shewed thee in the mount.
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Posted by: JG on Thursday, December 02, 2004 - 07:17 AM
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We really need to pray about this. He was Shot by muslims in daylight on a public street to terrorize the public. He then was stabbed and a note was pinned on his chest. This was done because he protested the bad treatment of women by muslims. This was in HOLLAND not in Iraq
The murder of Dutch movie director Theo van Gogh comes two months after his highly controversial film, Submission - about the abuse of Muslim women - was shown on national TV in Holland.
Death
Van Gogh was murdered in the early morning of Tuesday November 2, 2004, in Amsterdam in front of the Amsterdam East borough office (stadsdeelkantoor) on the corner of the Linnaeusstraat and Tweede Oosterparkstraat streets. He was shot with eight bullets from a handgun and died on the spot. His throat was slit, and he was then stabbed in the chest. Two knives were left inplanted in his torso, one pinning a 5 page note to his body. The note threatened Western .....theres more
 What Dutch filmmaker and columnist Theo Van Gogh saw as the shabby treatment of females throughout the Muslim community led him to produce documentaries that portrayed Muslim men as tormentors of women, especially their wives. One recent scathingly critical Van Gogh film carried the message that Islam promotes violence against women. Last week, Van Gogh, a grandnephew of the painter, was shot as he cycled to work. He managed to get up and stagger across the street to his building where he collapsed. The assailant followed him and slit his throat before pinning to his chest with a knife a five-page manifesto that called on Muslims to rise against the "infidel enemies" in the West.
The alleged killer Mohammed Bouyeri, a 26-year-old man of Dutch and Moroccan nationalities, was apprehended by the police after being shot in the leg. Although born in Amsterdam, well-educated and apparently well-integrated, Bouyeri became a Muslim extremist and has alleged terrorist ties. In the Dutch media the suspect is called Mohammed B., since it is common practice in The Netherlands to abbreviate the surnames of crime suspects (or even convicts) in order to protect their privacy. He is also charged with attempted murder of a police officer and bystander, illegal possession of a firearm, and conspiring to murder others, including Hirsi Ali.
Until his death Van Gogh was working on a movie (0605) about the assassination of Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. The film is set for premiere on December 15, 2004 on the internet through a Dutch ISP, which also financed the movie.
Van Gogh was cremated on November 9, 2004 in Amsterdam.
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Aftermath
The day after the murder Dutch police arrested eight Islamic radicals. Six detainees are of Moroccan origin, one is Algerian and one has dual Spanish-Moroccan nationality. By November 11, 18 religious sites (mainly Muslim, with some Christian) had been vandalized or subjected to arson.
Theo van Gogh's career combined directing, acting and writing
Theo van Gogh's name was better-known around the world because he shared it with his great-great-grandfather, the brother of artist Vincent van Gogh.
But in the Dutch film community, he was a well-known figure and has been described as the Netherlands' Michael Moore.
Submission may have only been a 10-minute English-language short, but it caused uproar in his home country when it was broadcast at the end of August.
The outcry centred on the stories of four Muslim women who were beaten, raped and forced into marriage, and were asking for Allah's help.
Theo stabbed and shot dead in a street in Amsterdam. Van Gogh spent 18,000 euros (£12,500) of his own money making the film in secret - and it was to be the first instalment of a three-part series.
Muslim commentators in the country accused Van Gogh and Hirsi Ali - who both got death threats - of courting controversy and said the movie was confrontational and blasphemous.
The fall-out has also included heated media debate, denouncement in internet chat rooms and a rap song calling for Hirsi Ali's death. |
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