Theo van Gogh.
Theo van Gogh was a Dutch filmmaker. (*) He was a great-great-grandnephew of the famous painter Vincent Van Gogh. He recently made a film about the plight of women under Islam. (†)
On November 2nd, he was shot by an Islamic radical on the streets of Amsterdam. He died. (‡) His murderer plunged a dagger into his chest. It had a note attached with a death threat addressed to two Dutch legislators. (§)
Van Gogh’s film is available online. (**) It has a small amount of adult material.
A spate of violence has broken out in the Netherlands. (††) The Dutch government is raiding terrorist nests in Holland. (‡‡)
Theo Van Gogh was 47.
Update: 4 December 2004. In a blow against freedom, the company known as “IFILM” as removed the movie, Submission, from its web site. Charles Johnson at LGF has a link to another site that has it. (§§)
November 15th, 2004 at 19:02
That is good news to hear. Selah!
November 18th, 2004 at 19:29
Thanks for this post. I watched the film. Not my cup of tea, but it certainly made it’s point.
Why aren’t the Hollywood liberals rallying around this man’s death? If a white-pride moron killed a black filmmaker in “protest”, wouldn’t there be an outcry?
We are fighting against people who hate our freedom. If the Cold War was our WW III, then this is WW IV.
Hopefully the Dutch government is joined by more European governments in joining this struggle.