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“Het filmpje Submission van het duo Hirsi Ali / Van Gogh dat gisteravond in Zomergasten was te zien (zie onder) toont vrouwenlichamen met Arabische teksten. Is dat wel zo origineel als gepretendeerd wordt?” Voor het antwoord volg de link en lees entry: de apen apen na. Je zou ook nog wel aan andere films kunnen denken zoals The Pillowbook (http://inkpot.com/film/pillowbook.html) en waarschijnlijk heeft ze goed gekeken naar de gesluierde (in navolging van de vagina) monologen. (http://www.ikwilerheen.nl/toneel/voorst/gesluierde.htm) En wat mij betreft is dit wel weer genoeg over Submission

Submission, part I by Hirsi Ali and Van Gogh; director gets protection

Van Gogh gets protection although no threats are made against him. “The English-language film Submission features four abused women in see through clothing who tell of their mistreatment by male members of their families. They say the abuse they suffer is sanctioned by the Koran. The women’s’ breasts are visible and anti-women texts from the Koran are written on their bodies.” Besides that, “Amsterdam University academic, Thijl Sunier � who has done research on the Muslim community � also claimed that Hirsi Ali had missed her target.

The academic said most Muslims will react in a resigned manner to the film, asserting that the discussion about the position of women has been taking place among the Dutch Islamic community for years.

“It is pure nonsense to suggest that a majority of Muslims don’t want that discussion,” Sunier said.” And that is exactly what it is,
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The Daily Star - Opinion Articles - Toward a truce with the Muslim world: Can Europe Lead the Way

In ‘Toward a truce with the Muslim world: Can Europe Lead the Way’ Mark Levine pleads for a truce with the Muslim world. “This may sound like a naive, even defeatist statement in the context of the 9-11 Commission Report’s reminder that the United States remains very much at war with “Islamist terrorism” and the ideas behind it. Yet a truce (Arabic hudna) rather than an increasingly dangerous “clash of civilizations” is the only way to avoid a long, ultimately catastrophic conflict. And it’s up to Europe to be the good broker.” Not everyone will agree probably (see http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/002990.php) but it is an interesting thought. “A truce does not equal capitulation to terrorists or letting Muslims off the hook for crimes committed in the name of their religion. Certainly, European leaders were right to reject the “truce offer” purportedly made by Osama bin Laden last April on the condition that European countries remove their troops from Muslim lands and refuse to support the United States. Criminals can’t offer truces, and bin Laden and other groups that use terroristic violence are indeed international criminals whom the world community has an obligation to bring to justice.”

Trouw, religie & filosofie - Syrische lessen in ‘houden van’

Erg leuk verhaal in Trouw over de zorgboerderij Al Ard, waar professionele mensen gehandicapten begeleiden en activeren. “Het is de opvang van de kinderen die de plaatselijke bevolking Al Ard heeft doen omarmen. Dat is een gouden greep geweest, zegt Attiyeh: ,,De progressie is enorm, meer dan ik had durven hopen. Het project trekt ons momenteel meer vooruit dan dat wij het vooruit moeten trekken. We hebben veel steun, een breed bestuur en positieve reacties vanuit de bevolking. En de dialoog tussen christenen en moslims -die hier allebei nogal conservatief van aard zijn- is sindsdien goed op gang gekomen. Dat had ik niet verwacht.””

Syrische lessen in ‘houden van’

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nu.nl/algemeen | Hirsi Ali maakt korte film met Theo Van Gogh

“Volgens Van Gogh gaat het om een “pamflet-achtige film”, waarin vier mishandelde vrouwen figureren die zijn afgebeeld in een doorschijnend gewaad, waarbij de borsten zichtbaar zijn. Op de lichamen is een aantal omstreden tekstfragmenten in het Arabisch gekalligrafeerd.

“Het draait allemaal om een dialoog met Allah”, aldus Van Gogh.” Gelijk nomineren voor de Oscars denk ik…ahum. Een dialoog met Allah of schelden naar Allah. Nou ik ben benieuwd.

CNN.com - Muslim scholar denied U.S. visa - Aug 24, 2004

Muslim scholar denied U.S. visa

Inside Al-Qaeda�s Hard Drive

A true story or a hoax? Well anyway this reporter claims to have purchased an Al-Qaeda computer while his own was lost in Afghanistan. You can read the complete story here.
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Planet - ‘Bestuur houdt Nederlands in moskee tegen’

Perikelen omtrent de Nederlandse taal, ouderen en jongeren in Nederlandse moskees.

Conservative Attributes Bush’s Pro-Islam Comments to Politics

Bush is just lying when he says “islam is a religion of tolerance”? Well that’s not what Weyrich says but it more or less comes down to it. “”I know the president has to say certain things — and I understand that,” the conservative icon says, “but I also know that he doesn’t believe it.”" I wonder, did Bush lie and does Bush lie about more issues or did he not lie, but then why…. well no let’s not jump to conclusions