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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – 'Nederland is te tolerant geweest'

Posted on May 14th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – ‘Nederland is te tolerant geweest’

Posted on May 14th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Expatica: Court case Van Gogh murder

Posted on May 4th, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Expatica – Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English

An article on Expatica.com.

Rotterdam Court has ordered the release from jail of an 18-year-old terror suspect but remanded 11 other suspected members of the Hofstad group in custody.

The prosecutor has accused the defendants of forming a terrorist network and planning attacks against government targets and the murder of politicians such as MPs Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders.

Prosecutor Plooy claimed for the first time on Tuesday that Mohammed B. played a leading role in the Hofstad group. Previously, the security service AIVD and justice officials suspected B. was on the fringe of the group.

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USATODAY.com – Canadian Muslim writer riles, counters radical Islam

Posted on May 1st, 2005 by .
Categories: Gender, Kinship & Marriage Issues, Internal Debates, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

USATODAY.com – Canadian Muslim writer riles, counters radical Islam
Canadian Muslim writer riles, counters radical Islam
TORONTO (AP) — Irshad Manji has plenty of enemies among her fellow Muslims. Her critique of Islam is frank and fierce. She defends the invasion of Iraq. She sympathizes with Israel. She’s a lesbian and doesn’t try to hide it.

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Protected: FOK!frontpage / Nieuws / 'Mohammed B. maakte videotestament'

Posted on May 1st, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Protected: FOK!frontpage / Nieuws / ‘Mohammed B. maakte videotestament’

Posted on May 1st, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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Protected: NRC Handelsblad – Binnenland: Mohammed B. schreef meerdere afscheidsbrieven

Posted on April 30th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

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The 2005 TIME 100: Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Posted on April 18th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

Manji is the author of The Trouble with Islam Today. She has written the portrait of Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Time 100: The 2005 TIME 100: Ayaan Hirsi Ali – Paying a Price for Her Views

Ayaan Hirsi Ali knows the risks of standing up for one’s beliefs. The Somalia-born Dutch politician last year made Submission, a film that portrays a Muslim woman ritually abused by the men in her family. Hirsi Ali used the woman’s body as a canvas on which to display troubling verses from the Koran. Her film incited a fanatic to kill Hirsi Ali’s co-producer, Theo Van Gogh. After plunging a knife into his body, the murderer transformed Van Gogh’s corpse into a canvas of his own. On it, he pinned a letter to Hirsi Ali, warning her that she is next.

I met Hirsi Ali, 35, last year during a book tour. Because I have written a blunt call for reform in Islam, a Dutch newspaper assigned her to interview me�heretic to heretic. The difference is, she has left Islam. I asked her if she thought I was naive for sticking with Allah. “Don’t go,” she told me. “Islam needs you.”

And Europe, it seems, needs her, to highlight a critical challenge: Can a multicultural society produce pluralism without relativism? So far, it doesn’t bode well for her plight. After Van Gogh’s killing last November, Hirsi Ali hid for two months. Now, as then, she is enveloped by a human burqa of four bodyguards.

Still, she persists. In parliament, Hirsi Ali is pushing to outlaw honor crimes�customs that can’t be pinned on the Koran but thrive amid the silence of Muslim leaders. They have forgotten, she says, that the Koran implores Muslims to “bear true witness, even if it be against yourselves, your parents or your family.” In that sense, Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a true believer.

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Weerbaarheid tegen radicalisering

Posted on April 14th, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Minister Verdonk is gister met een plan gekomen: Weerbaarheid tegen radicalisering (pdf-file). De Tweede Kamer vond het echter allemaal nogal vaag.

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Mohammed B. CD

Posted on April 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Nee gewoon een flauw grapje (moet toch wel kunnen?) over de CD die een belangrijke bron zou vormen voor de radicale gedachten en handelingen van Mohammed B die vandaag voor moest komen. Hij hield een pleidooi voor zijn broer, maar liet het daar verder bij.

Overigens heeft het OM uitgebreide updates over deze zaak, net als de vorige keer.

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Mohammed B. and Samir A.

Posted on April 13th, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

After the acquittal of Samir A. last week, he was arrested again today for assaulting a journalist. Today also was the second ‘pro forma’ hearing in the Mohammed B. trial.

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Samir A.

Posted on April 6th, 2005 by .
Categories: International Terrorism, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Samir A. gaat vrijuit in de aanklacht voorbereiden van terroristische aanslagen wegens gebrek aan bewijs:

(Novum) – Samir A. is vrijgesproken voor het voorbereiden van terroristische aanslagen. Dat heeft de rechtbank van Rotterdam woensdag bepaald.

De 18-jarige terreurverdachte kreeg wel drie maanden voor verboden wapenbezit, maar die straf heeft hij in voorarrest al uitgezeten. Samir A. werd vrijgesproken voor het plegen van een overval op een supermarkt en het voorbereiden van een terroristische aanslag.

Volgens de rechtbank waren de voorwerpen die bij Samir A. thuis werden gevonden los van elkaar niet gevaarlijk, maar kan de combinatie wel gevaarlijk zijn. Bij hem thuis in Rotterdam werden patroonhouders, een geluiddemper, munitie, een kogelvrij vest en een nachtkijker gevonden. Maar het kan volgens de rechtbank niet bewezen worden dat A. hiermee aanslagen wilde plegen. Wel stelt de rechtbank dat A. – op basis van de informatie die op diskettes van hem zijn gevonden – een bovengemiddelde interesse heeft voor ‘religieus extremistsche geweld’.

De rechtbank gaf aan dat evenmin bewezen is dat A. betrokken was bij een overval op een supermarkt vorig jaar. Wel is duidelijk dat hij een rolluik heeft opengedaan op de dag van de overval. Ook is bekend dat hij een van de overvallers kende.

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Europe’s Boys of Jihad

Posted on April 5th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

An article in the LA Times refers to events here in the Netherlands.

Last year, a group of young Internet enthusiasts was charged with unleashing terrorism in the Netherlands: the killing of filmmaker Theo van Gogh and a plot to assassinate politicians. Police captured Jason Walters, 19, in a raid that left him and three officers wounded. His 17-year-old brother was also jailed.

Walters’ Internet chats reveal a casual, adolescent cold-bloodedness, according to excerpts published in the Dutch media. A spokesman for the AIVD intelligence service, the leading Dutch anti-terrorism agency, confirmed that the transcripts were authentic.

In an Internet conversation on Sept. 28, 2003, Walters joked about beheading the Dutch prime minister and bragged about a monthlong training session at an Afghan terrorism camp. The son of a Dutch mother and American father said he had fooled his family into thinking he was in Britain.

He urged his chat partner, “Galas03,” to join him on a future trip. “They will train you how to use guns,” Walters wrote, using the name “Mujaheed.” “I can assemble and dismantle a Kalashnikov blindfolded.”

“Is shooting difficult?” Galas03 asked.

“No way, man, it is not that hard,” Walters responded. “I even had to roll over with a pistol and then shoot and that went all right, praise Allah.”

Walters became radicalized at about 16, investigators say. Fellow suspect Samir Azzouz, 18, was equally precocious. Azzouz was first detained in 2002 in Ukraine en route to joining Muslim combatants in Chechnya, AIVD spokesman Vincent van Steen said.

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Europe's Boys of Jihad

Posted on April 5th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

An article in the LA Times refers to events here in the Netherlands.

Last year, a group of young Internet enthusiasts was charged with unleashing terrorism in the Netherlands: the killing of filmmaker Theo van Gogh and a plot to assassinate politicians. Police captured Jason Walters, 19, in a raid that left him and three officers wounded. His 17-year-old brother was also jailed.

Walters’ Internet chats reveal a casual, adolescent cold-bloodedness, according to excerpts published in the Dutch media. A spokesman for the AIVD intelligence service, the leading Dutch anti-terrorism agency, confirmed that the transcripts were authentic.

In an Internet conversation on Sept. 28, 2003, Walters joked about beheading the Dutch prime minister and bragged about a monthlong training session at an Afghan terrorism camp. The son of a Dutch mother and American father said he had fooled his family into thinking he was in Britain.

He urged his chat partner, “Galas03,” to join him on a future trip. “They will train you how to use guns,” Walters wrote, using the name “Mujaheed.” “I can assemble and dismantle a Kalashnikov blindfolded.”

“Is shooting difficult?” Galas03 asked.

“No way, man, it is not that hard,” Walters responded. “I even had to roll over with a pistol and then shoot and that went all right, praise Allah.”

Walters became radicalized at about 16, investigators say. Fellow suspect Samir Azzouz, 18, was equally precocious. Azzouz was first detained in 2002 in Ukraine en route to joining Muslim combatants in Chechnya, AIVD spokesman Vincent van Steen said.

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Protected: Niet voor Lonsdalers

Posted on March 31st, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Multiculti Issues, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Uncategorized.

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Brand in de Bedirschool Uden

Posted on March 28th, 2005 by .
Categories: Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

De brand in de Bedirschool in Uden was ��n van de ernstigste incidenten in de nasleep van de moord op Van Gogh. Gisteren is er in het nieuwe gebouw opnieuw brand geweest en er lijkt weer sprake van brandstichting:
Politie vindt fles in islamitische school Uden
Weer brandstichting Bedirschool Uden

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Protected: nu.nl/algemeen | Bedreiger Geert Wilders opnieuw opgepakt

Posted on March 26th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: nu.nl/algemeen | Bedreiger Geert Wilders opnieuw opgepakt

Posted on March 26th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Protected: Kabinet wil versterking weerbaarheid tegen radicalisering

Posted on March 25th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

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Samir A. faces seven years

Posted on March 23rd, 2005 by .
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization, Young Muslims.

Expatica – Living in, moving to, or working in the Netherlands, plus Dutch news in English
AMSTERDAM � An 18-year-old man accused of planning terror attacks in the Netherlands heard the public prosecutor demand a seven-year jail term in Rotterdam Court on Wednesday.

Samir A. is accused of planning attacks against the Dutch Parliament, Defence Ministry, the Borssele nuclear reactor, Schiphol Airport and the offices of security service AIVD in Leidschendam.

There are 12 suspected members of the group being held on remand. Police are working to establish if they can be linked to the November 2004 murder of Theo van Gogh. Alleged Islamic militant Mohammed B. has been arrested for the killing and detectives believe he was linked to the Hofstadgroep.

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Hirsi Ali wins fight over Islam criticism

Posted on March 15th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Misc. News, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues.

Today a day in court: some Muslims wanted Hirsi Ali to be forbidden in making Submission II. They lost:
Hirsi Ali wins fight over Islam criticism

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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Theo van Gogh / Die 'viezerik' heeft ons wel geholpen

Posted on March 15th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

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Protected: Trouw, nieuws & achtergronden – Theo van Gogh / Die ‘viezerik’ heeft ons wel geholpen

Posted on March 15th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Internal Debates, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Young Muslims, Youth culture (as a practice).

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Bin Laden is damaging Islam – Three imams for the Fourqaan mosque in Eindhoven

Posted on March 10th, 2005 by .
Categories: Islam in the Netherlands, Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

The dutch regional daily Eindhovens Dagblad has an interview with the three imams from the Fourqaan mosque who are on the verge of being expelled from the country.

Dhimmi Watch has the English translation of this interview(with comments, which you can read below as well): Dhimmi Watch: “Bin Laden is damaging Islam”
For my fellow Dutchies, you can read it in Dutch below.

It is difficult to assess what is really going there. I think I’m going to ask a few person for some clarification.

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The New York Times > The Hague Journal: 2 Dutch Deputies on the Run, From Jihad Death Threats

Posted on March 4th, 2005 by martijn.
Categories: Murder on theo Van Gogh and related issues, Religious and Political Radicalization.

In the New York Times an article on Hirsi Ali and Wilders:
The New York Times > International > Europe > The Hague Journal: 2 Dutch Deputies on the Run, From Jihad Death Threats
THE HAGUE JOURNAL
2 Dutch Deputies on the Run, From Jihad Death Threats
By MARLISE SIMONS

THE HAGUE – Every evening, plainclothes police officers escort two members of the Dutch Parliament to armored cars and take them to hiding places for the night. One of them, Geert Wilders, has been camping out in a cell in a high-security prison where his life, he said, has become “like a bad B-movie.” His colleague, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, has grown increasingly miserable sleeping on a military base.
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