Friends and fans of the Dutch filmmaker found dead with a note pinned to his chest with a knife unveiled a memorial sculpture that depicts him screaming near the spot where he was murdered by an Islamic extremist.
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — The murder a year ago today of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh, described as a “message in blood” by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, has widened the gap between religious communities and inflamed tensions, a survey shows. “We shouldn’t let ourselves be divided by a small group of people that writes its message in blood,” Balkenende said today at a commemoration service in the Amsterdam street where Van Gogh was shot. Murderer Mohammed Bouyeri said he killed to protect Islam. “Spurring hate is no solution,” Balkenende said. The murder of Van Gogh, 47, who made a
Dutch politicians, religious leaders and the relatives and friends of slain filmmaker Theo van Gogh marked the first anniversary of his death in the Netherlands Wednesday. Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende urged unity in a speech to the more than 400 people who gathered on the Amsterdam street where van Gogh was killed a year ago. “We should not let ourselves be divided by a small group of people which writes its message in blood, a small group of people with a cynical message of terror that want to drive us to hatred,” Balkenende told the crowd. “Threats and violence
AMSTERDAM, July 28 (Reuters) – Dutch police said on Thursday they could not substantiate a report that the teenage son of murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh had been attacked by Moroccans. Amsterdam police said in a statement that they had investigated comments by Van Gogh’s parents in an interview on Dutch television late on Wednesday that the filmmaker’s son Lieuwe had been attacked twice on the street by Moroccans. The interview came a day after Dutch-Moroccan Mohammed Bouyeri was sentenced to life in jail for last year’s murder of Van Gogh, a critic of Islam who angered many Muslims by
AMSTERDAM, July 28 (Reuters) – Dutch police said on Thursday they are investigating reports that the teenage son of murdered filmmaker Theo van Gogh has been attacked twice by Moroccans. Amsterdam police said in a statement they noted with concern comments by Van Gogh’s parents in an interview on Dutch television late on Wednesday that the filmmaker’s son Liewe had been attacked twice on the street by Moroccans. Dutch-Moroccan Mohammed Bouyeri was sentenced to life in jail on Tuesday for the murder last year of Van Gogh, an outspoken critic of Islam who angered many Muslims by making a film
A man suspected of being part of a group linked to the murder of Dutch film-maker Theo van Gogh is to be extradited to the Netherlands. Racid Belkacem, 32 was arrested in London in June after a request from Dutch authorities. He agreed on Wednesday to be sent back to the Netherlands after being warned he could face additional charges. Prosecutors say the Dutch national is a Muslim extremist who had “maintained contact” with members of Hofstad group. More than a dozen suspected members of the network are awaiting trial in the Netherlands on terrorism charges. Mr Van Gogh, 47,
A Dutch-Moroccan man has confessed in court to murdering a film-maker critical of Islam, breaking his silence in a case that has stoked religious and racial tension in the Netherlands. In Context Dutch director Theo van Gogh murdered in Amsterdam Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Van Gogh murder accused wanted to ‘become a martyr’ OM: Mohammed B. led Hofstad terror network From Civic Activist To Alleged Terrorist Fanatical Muslim group linked to film-maker’s death Report: radical Dutch Muslims joining Jihad Dutch find the strength to take on their ‘new Nazis’
Italy’s state broadcaster, RAI, will tomorrow defy protests from Muslims and reported threats to one of its executives when it becomes the first leading foreign TV network to show the controversial Dutch film Submission. The film’s director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered last November. An alleged Muslim extremist has been charged with the killing. In Context Dutch director Theo van Gogh murdered in Amsterdam Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Van Gogh murder accused wanted to ‘become a martyr’ OM: Mohammed B. led Hofstad terror network From Civic Activist To Alleged
BRUSSELS – A screening of slain Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh‘s film Submission has been cancelled because of security and legal concerns, the European Parliament said Wednesday. The short film, which criticizes the treatment of women under Islam, was to be shown Wednesday by Italian politician Mario Borghezio at the European Union assembly’s press centre in Brussels. In Context Submission – The movie Theo van Gogh was murdered for Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Dutch call murder a declaration of Islamic holy war Van Gogh murder designed to ‘terrorise Dutch society’ Research resources on Islamic Extremism “We don’t understand
The Death of van Gogh A Dutch journalist explains why the controversial filmmaker was gunned down on an Amsterdam street. TAP talks to Marc Chavannes. This article is reprinted from The American Prospect. In the weeks after the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist on November 2, Holland, a country known for its culture of tolerance, experienced unprecedented levels of racial and ethnic violence. Last Wednesday, Marc Chavannes, Washington correspondent for the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, talked with TAP’s Mark Goldberg about the rise of the contentious Dutch Muslim subculture and the repercussions of van