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	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Gunman kills Dutch film director
		Van Gogh, 47, had received death threats after his film Submission was shown on Dutch TV.
		Van Gogh - who was related to the famous Dutch painter - had also been making a film about Pim Fortuyn, the populist right-wing, anti-immigration politician assassinated in May 2002.
		The film Submission told the story of a Muslim woman forced into an arranged marriage who is abused by her husband and raped by her uncle.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/3974179.stm (402 words)

	Theo van Gogh (film director) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Theo van Gogh (July 23, 1957 – November 2, 2004) was a controversial Dutch film director, television producer, publicist and actor.
		Van Gogh was a member of the Dutch republican society Republikeins Genootschap which advocates the abolition of the Dutch monarchy, and a friend and supporter of the controversial Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn who was assassinated in 2002.
		Van Gogh was cremated on November 9, 2004 in Amsterdam.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director) (2332 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| News \| Controversial Dutch film director shot dead in street
		Theo van Gogh, the Dutch artist's great grand-nephew and a provocative filmmaker, was shot dead in a street in Amsterdam yesterday, police said, apparently because of a film he made about Islamic violence against women.
		Van Gogh, 47, was stabbed and then shot several times by a man who witnesses said arrived on a bicycle as the film-maker was getting out of his car in the Linnaeusstraat, in the east of the city, at 8.45am, a police spokeswoman, Elly Florax, said.
		Van Gogh had recently drawn fierce criticism and received death threats for his latest fictional drama, Submission, in which a Muslim woman is forced into an arranged marriage, abused by her husband, raped by her uncle and then brutally punished for adultery.
	film.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,12589,1342101,00.html (645 words)

	Theo van Gogh murdered on the streets of Amsterdam
		The 47-year-old film director and publicist was shot and stabbed several times by his assassin on the streets of the Dutch capital.
		Van Gogh had made no secret of his sympathy for the policies and restrictive immigration policies of the party led by the right-wing populist Pim Fortuyn, who was himself murdered in May 2002.
		Van Gogh has undertaken polemics against all religious communities, but in particular the Islamist, which he described as the biggest threat to the “civilised Western world.” He openly opposed a “multicultural social model,” which he declared to be illusory.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/nov2004/gogh-n10.shtml (1669 words)

	Theo van Gogh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Theodorus van Gogh (1822–1885), father of Vincent van Gogh
		Theo van Gogh (art dealer) (1857–1891), brother of Vincent van Gogh
		Theo van Gogh (film director) (1957–2004), a descendant of the above.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Theo_van_Gogh (122 words)

	Islam: Murder of Free Speech
		Theo van Gogh was a Dutch film director and columnist.
		Van Gogh had shot a film scribed by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, named "Submission" is a 10 minute film.
		November 2nd, Theo van Gogh had been murdered east of Amsterdam while he was cycling to his work.
	exmuslim.com /theo.htm (358 words)

	RNW: Vitriol and celluloid (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Dutch film director and newspaper columnist who was shot dead on Tuesday morning had a reputation for controversy.
		Theo van Gogh was named after his famous great-grandfather, the Paris art-dealer and beloved brother of the painter Vincent.
		In late January 1890, the news of the birth of a son to Theo reached Vincent in southern France, where he was recovering from a nervous breakdown at the asylum of Saint-RÃ©my.
	www.radionetherlands.nl /currentaffairs/region/netherlands/ned041102 (634 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| News \| Fears prompt withdrawal of Van Gogh film
		The short film, Submission Part One, was due to form the centrepiece of a debate on freedom of speech on Sunday night.
		Submission Part One is a ten-minute film about a Muslim woman forced into an arranged marriage where she is beaten by her husband, raped by her uncle and finally accused of adultery.
		Theo Van Gogh was fatally shot and stabbed by an Islamist militant when cycling to work in Amsterdam on November 2 last year.
	film.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,12589,1399784,00.html (339 words)

	Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh gets police protection after he makes film about wife beating in Islam - Militant Islam ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Dutch director with whom she recently made a film depicting wife beating in Islam, Theo Van Gogh, was given police protection after the film was shown on Dutch television.
		Van Gogh said despite the shocking content of the film — which casts an accusing eye on the treatment of women in the Islamic faith — no threats were made against him, news agency ANP reported.
		The 11-minute film takes the form of four monologues by women praying to Allah: one has been whipped for having an illicit love affair; another faces an arranged marriage to a man she finds sexually repulsive, a third was beaten by her husband and the last is pregnant after being raped by her uncle.
	www.militantislammonitor.org /article/id/269 (6915 words)

	Netherlands: Widespread shock at killing of controversial film director
		The director was shot and stabbed by a lone assailant in broad daylight in Amsterdam while on his way to work.
		The government held crisis meetings after the death of the film director and police were rushed to urban residential areas that were deemed potential flashpoints.
		However, the murder of Theo van Gogh will undoubtedly be used by the government to try to force a ‘deal’ between the trade union leadership, the employers and the government, who are currently in negotiations over the cuts package.
	www.socialistworld.net /eng/2004/11/07neth.html (2828 words)

	The silencing of Theo van Gogh - Salon
		After shooting van Gogh, Bouyeri fled to a nearby park, where he was arrested after a gunfight with the police.
		In the film, a Muslim woman is forced into an arranged marriage, abused by her husband, raped by her uncle and then brutally punished for adultery.
		The film, van Gogh said in a TV interview, was "intended to provoke discussion on the position of enslaved Muslim women.
	dir.salon.com /story/news/feature/2004/11/24/vangogh/index.html (921 words)

	2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in the Netherlands
		On November 2, film director Theo van Gogh was killed on the street in a religiously and/or politically motivated attack.
		Van Gogh was well known for inflammatory rhetoric and extreme forms of expression in his art, including criticism of Islamic practices.
		Following the November 2 killing of film director Theo Van Gogh by a Dutch man of Moroccan decent, there was a brief upsurge of incidents, mostly minor but also including a dozen or so instances of arson attacks against property both of the minority Muslim community and Christian churches.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41699.htm (5241 words)

	entertainment.iafrica.com \| news Van Gogh's last film screened at Hague
		The last movie made by Dutch film director Theo van Gogh before he was brutally killed by a suspected Islamic extremist in November premiered in The Hague on Sunday.
		Van Gogh's movie mixes real images of the day of the murder with a fictional story of a conspiracy by Dutch intelligence services to silence the politician.
		Van Gogh, a distant relative of the 19th century painter Vincent, was cycling to his production firm to add the finishing touches to his movie when he was shot and stabbed in broad daylight.
	entertainment.iafrica.com /news/398666.htm (408 words)

	Cinemavault
		The Big Lebowski) is set to direct "1-900," the third film in the Theo van Gogh Trilogy.
		"Blind Date," the second remake in the Theo van Gogh Trilogy, begins principle photography in Belgium on May 28th.
		The story of a fading political journalist who is assigned to interview America’s most famous soap star, the film premiered at Sundance and Berlin and will have its first market screening in Cannes.
	www.festivalvault.ca /press-trio.php (248 words)

	ParaPundit: Theo Van Gogh, Filmmaker and Critic Of Islam, Murdered In Amsterdam
		Van Gogh became the target of many death threats after he released a movie critical of Islam in August 2004.
		Van Gogh, a chain-smoking social critic and satirist, received threats after the August television broadcast of his movie "Submission," which he made with a Dutch politician who had renounced the Islamic faith of her birth.
		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.
	www.parapundit.com /archives/002436.html (2786 words)

	Director Theo van Gogh murdered in Amsterdam (for his political views) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Theo van GoghBy midday, police had confirmed the film director's death, but earlier reporters at the scene say Van Gogh was shot and stabbed at the front door of the city council office on the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam around 9am.
		According to imdb.com, Theo Van Gogh was the 'grand-grand-grandson' of Vincent Van Gogh's brother Theo.
		Theo van Gogh had been threatened after the August airing of his film, Submission, which he made with a right-wing Dutch politician who had renounced the Islamic faith of her birth.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1266110/posts (3211 words)

	Peaktalk - Van Gogh Archives
		There is a Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and the last time I visited it was in 1990, the year that marked the 100th anniversary of Vincent's tragic suicide.
		Van Gogh's movies were not exactly material for the masses and it will be interesting to see what Buscemi and friends will make of some of the material.
		Yesterday I highlighted that Theo van Gogh’s mother during her victim impact statement mentioned that she was deeply grieved that the city council for Oost/Watergraafsmeer (the part of Amsterdam where Theo lived and was killed), did not want to see a monument for the slain moviemaker because it might create “unrest”.
	www.peaktalk.com /archives/cat_van_gogh.php (8140 words)

	Independent Online Edition > News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The films of the murdered Dutch film director Theo van Gogh are to be re-made in America, with several Hollywood actors already lined up for starring roles.
		Independent film production companies in New York and the Netherlands have announced they will remake three of the films by the director, whose controversial works led him to be targeted and murdered by a Muslim fanatic late last year.
		The murder of van Gogh as he cycled to his office caused revulsion in the Netherlands and prompted a series of attacks on mosques, churches and Islamic schools across the country.
	enjoyment.independent.co.uk /film/news/article312810.ece (566 words)

	Netherlands: Film director's Murder sparks racist backlash \| The Socialist 13 November 2004
		The attacks follow the killing, on 2 November, of the controversial film director and journalist, Theo van Gogh, allegedly by an Islamic fundamentalist.
		The director was well known for his derogatory and provocative statements against Muslims and other minorities.
		It aims to cynically use the death of Theo van Gogh and anti-Muslim feelings to cut across the recent huge anti-austerity cuts movement.
	www.socialistparty.org.uk /2004/370/pp9b.htm (254 words)

	The Theo Van Gogh murder - Free Speech Martyr - The Crime library
		Theo Van Gogh, 47, the great grandson of art dealer Theo Van Gogh and great grandnephew of the famed Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh, led an extraordinary life much like his predecessors.
		Theo was an out-spoken and prominent Dutch film director, author, journalist, actor, producer and an advocate of free speech who used the media as an open forum to broadcast his controversial views on religion, politics and social mores and values.
		The film depicted four partially nude women in long, dark transparent veils, who had texts from the Koran written in calligraphy on their bare skin.
	www.crimelibrary.com /notorious_murders/famous/theo_van_gogh (746 words)

	Theo van Gogh Killed In Amsterdam
		An outspoken and provocative film director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered in Amsterdam on the morning of November 2nd.
		Ironically, Mr Van Gogh was killed as he was cycling to the studio to finish editing a film about the previous political murder, of the flamboyant anti-immigrant populist Pim Fortuyn in May 2002.
		Van Gogh was shot while riding his bicycle and then stabbed and had his throat cut.
	www.canadiancontent.net /forums/post-27044.html (3891 words)

	NETHERLANDS: VAN GOGH'S SON ASSAULTED (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Brussels, 28 July (AKI) - The 14-year-old son of controversial film director Theo van Gogh, slain by an Islamic extremist last November, is said to have been threatened and assaulted by Moroccan teenagers in Amsterdam and insulted by his classmates.
		The Dutch director - a descendent of the painter Vincent van Gogh - caused controversy with his film 'Submission', broadcast in the Netherlands last August, which criticised the treatment of women in Islamic society.
		Van Gogh's killing shocked the Netherlands, which is known for its tolerant attitudes and laws, and sparked attacks on mosques and ethnic unrest around the country.
	www.adnki.com /index_2Level.php?cat=Religion&loid=8.0.191826162&par=0 (493 words)

	Peaktalk - FEAR AND VAN GOGH
		And when Theo van Gogh’s killer was apprehended, only minutes after the murder, the Dutch justice apparatus was all too keen to hope it could somehow portray the murderer as another lone nut.
		And that brings us back to Theo, the man on the bike, the father, the errant moviemaker, the jester, the drinker, the womanizer, the man so full of life that he could not bring himself to see that it would soon be over.
		Theo was one of the few to see it, say it, and die for it.
	www.peaktalk.com /archives/001722.php (913 words)

	[Deathwatch] Theo van Gogh, Dutch film maker, 47 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Gunman kills Dutch film director Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh Van Gogh directed TV series and wrote newspaper columns Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead in Amsterdam, Dutch police say.
		Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an outspoken critic of Islam Eyewitnesses quoted by Radio Netherlands said Van Gogh was attacked while cycling by a man dressed in a traditional Moroccan jallaba.
		Film controversy The film Submission told the story of a Muslim woman forced into an arranged marriage who is abused by her husband and raped by her uncle.
	slick.org /deathwatch/mailarchive/msg01527.html (455 words)

	The Netherlands: xenophobic campaign follows Theo van Gogh murder
		Van Gogh was brutally murdered in Amsterdam on November 2 by a Dutch male of Moroccan descent, who is alleged to be an Islamic fundamentalist.
		The generalised accusations with which the Dutch government reacted to the murder of van Gogh have encouraged violent right-wing extremists.
		They are collaborating with a government that is trying to use the murder of Theo van Gogh to make scapegoats of all Muslims in the Netherlands, and seeking to divert social anger into racist channels.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/nov2004/gogh-n23.shtml (1622 words)

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