Category: Theo van Gogh

The last film to be made by the slain Dutch director Theo van Gogh, called 06/05, has been premiered in The Hague. See also: Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered BBC News Report regarding the death of Theo van Gogh (RealPlayer) Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Eight suspected Islamic radicals arrested in van Gogh murder About ‘Submission,’ Theo van Gogh’s movie about the domestic abuse of Muslim women Watch ‘Submission’ Dutch call murder a declaration of Islamic holy war Analysis: Suspected Islamist killing tests Dutch tolerance Fanatical Muslim group linked to film-maker’s death Van Gogh murder backlash begins Netherlands

AMSTERDAM, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Dutch authorities are investigating a radical Muslim group they suspect is linked to the man accused of killing a filmmaker critical of Islam and to last year’s Casablanca bombings. Interior Minister Johan Remkes and Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner told parliament in a 60-page letter on Thursday that the 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan charged with murdering Theo van Gogh helped a radical group under observation since summer 2002. They said the group of young Muslims of North African origin centred on Amsterdam often met at the home of Mohammed B. He was charged last week with killing

The Dutch government declared war on Islamic terrorists yesterday as mourners gathered in Amsterdam for the cremation of the murdered film maker Theo van Gogh. Jan Peter Balkenende, the Dutch prime minister, said the brutal killing of van Gogh last week by a Moroccan-Dutch terrorist was a grave assault on freedom of speech and Holland’s tolerant way of life. He promised a relentless crackdown on extremist cells. See also: Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered BBC News Report regarding the death of Theo van Gogh (RealPlayer) Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Eight suspected Islamic radicals arrested in van Gogh

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The Netherlands mourned filmmaker Theo van Gogh killed last week by a suspected Islamic militant, while Dutch Muslims rallied to urge reconciliation on Tuesday after a wave of attacks on mosques and churches. A 26-year-old Dutch-Moroccan has been charged with the murder last Tuesday of film director Van Gogh, whose criticism of Islam enraged Muslims. His funeral, attended by friends and family, was broadcast live on national television. See also: Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered BBC News Report regarding the death of Theo van Gogh (RealPlayer) Suspected Extremist Jailed in Dutch Murder Eight suspected Islamic radicals

Background: Associated Press, Nov. 2, 2004: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A Dutch filmmaker who had received death threats after releasing a movie criticizing the treatment of women under Islam was slain in Amsterdam on Tuesday, police said. A suspect was arrested after a shootout with officers that left him wounded, police said. Filmmaker Theo van Gogh had been threatened after the August airing of the movie “Submission,” which he made with a right-wing Dutch politician who had renounced the Islamic faith of her birth. Van Gogh had received police protection after its release. See also: Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh

It prides itself on being the beating liberal heart of Europe, but the murder of film-maker Theo van Gogh has convinced many in the Netherlands that the nation’s legendary tolerance has now reached its limit. Van Gogh’s execution last Tuesday, which has been linked to Islamic extremists, has brought calls for a crackdown on fundamentalists and renegade preachers that would previously have been unthinkable. Once liberal commentators now want Muslim hardliners to be thrown out of the country, even if they have Dutch passports, and greater surveillance of the wider Islamic community. See also: Dutch Filmmaker Theo Van Gogh Murdered

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – A suspected Muslim extremist with alleged terrorist ties was under arrest Wednesday in the death of a Dutch filmmaker who criticized the treatment of women under Islam. Theo van Gogh, 47, was repeatedly shot and stabbed to death on an Amsterdam street on Tuesday. “Don’t do it. Don’t do it. Have mercy. Have mercy!” the Algemeen Dagblad quoted Van Gogh as begging his killer. Another Dutch newspaper, the Telegraaf daily, carried a large color photograph of Van Gogh’s body with a knife protruding from his chest under the headline “Butchered.” “We’re not going to take this,” the