Aug 31 2004
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,
Sunier is a 100% right in this. You only have to look at the thorough way the Islamic University has addressed this issue as you can find here in a more general matter: http://www.islamicuniversity.nl/home/home.php?lang=english&part=8§ion=5#January%2024 and here more specific on female circumcision: http://www.islamicuniversity.nl/home/home.php?lang=nederlands&part=8§ion=5#20%20december
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