"AMSTERDAM — The Dutch marked the fifth anniversary Monday of the murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim fanatic, a brutal killing that continues to shape politics in the Netherlands."

For those who recall, Theo van Gogh, a distant relative of the famous painter, collaborated with another fierce opponent of Islam, a Somali born beauty, the slender and sultry Ayaan Hirsi Ali, fierce feminist and one time Dutch Parliamentarian, in the making of the film submission. The film sought to expose the abuses on women at the mercy of Islam.

For his 'obsession'- since distaste for crimes in the name of Islam is objected to as bigoted obsession- Theo van Gogh was gunned down while cycling in Amsterdam. A paper pinned to his chest threatened his partner in crime, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, with same fate.

Should the Dutch be marking the anniversary of Theo van Gogh's death? Or is this a case of obsessive preoccupation amounting to bigotry?

Juin

You left yourself wide open this time, Juin. Sorry, but, the only obsessive preoccupation that amounts to bigotry here is yours regarding Islam.......

Corliss

Juin<<The film sought to expose the abuses on women at the mercy of Islam.<<

Kevin>>And here's the real problem Juin.  Had you said, "The film sought to expose the abuses on women at the mercy of radical, fundamentalist Muslims", you would have had a very good point, well worth discussing.<<

No. I will not. I am tired of intellectual cowardice, Kevin.

The rejection of gender equality as well as the elevation of man over woman is a not a sectarian muslim belief but rather a belief across the broad spectrum of Islam.

Why do you think that moslem countries rejected the UN Declaration of Human Rights and proposed an Islamic Declaration of Human Rights?

The reason was simple. The UN Declaration of Human Rights in rejecting absolutely gender bias challenged in no ambiguous terms the Islamic Sharia.

The Islamic Declaration of Human Rights is just a belated attempt to mask the horror of Sharia in decent coverings.

Kevin>>When you blame the actions of a minority on the whole, you get to a very inaccurate place.<<

No. I see it different. You are using the majority as a cover to escape a fundamental duty to stand with the victims of Islam. To you the feelings of the majority are more important than the neck of say 16 year old Atefah Saahalehi, who was hung in the name of Allah in Iran for seducing 51 year old Ali Durabi.

Juin

Juin>>Should the Dutch be marking the anniversary of Theo van Gogh's death? Or is this a case of obsessive preoccupation amounting to bigotry?<<<

Poorch>>The Dutch are correct.
The official anniversary is an annual "teaching moment" designed to highlight their national commitment to freedom of speech and of the Arts.<<

Yet that commitment to the freedom of speech and of the Arts was extended only in a miserly fashion when it came to the sultry Somali beauty Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch feminist and Parliamentarian, who had a death fatwa on her head.

And across the broad spectrum of Catholicism, as well, I think.  After all, the Catholic Church forbids women from joining the priesthood, does it not?

Don't forget about them Southern Baptists!

 "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation... "

http://www.sbc.net/aboutus/basicbeliefs.asp