By BEILA RABINOWITZ and WILLIAM MAYER
A small group of people gathered today at the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam, the location where film maker Theo van Gogh was murdered four years ago the Islamic terrorist Mohammed Bouyeri. The commemoration was organized by the Friends of Pim Fortuyn Foundation. Fortuyn was gunned in a similar incident in 2002, assassinated by an animal rights extremist, who was also angered by Fortuyn's perceived anti-Muslim statements.
Bouyeri, a Dutch born Muslim Moroccan, shot, stabbed and nearly decapitated van Gogh in the ritualized killing.
Afterward the observance, group moved to "The Scream" a sculpture which was meant to memorialize van Gogh. It is located in the park across from where van Gogh was slaughtered. The organizers of the memorial urged that people safeguard their freedom of speech.
According to the 'Remembering Theo van Gogh" website, "Theo was our spokesman and release valve and dared to say what we thought. He was killed for that." Read more ...
A small group of people gathered today at the Linnaeusstraat in Amsterdam, the location where film maker Theo van Gogh was murdered four years ago the Islamic terrorist Mohammed Bouyeri. The commemoration was organized by the Friends of Pim Fortuyn Foundation. Fortuyn was gunned in a similar incident in 2002, assassinated by an animal rights extremist, who was also angered by Fortuyn's perceived anti-Muslim statements.
Bouyeri, a Dutch born Muslim Moroccan, shot, stabbed and nearly decapitated van Gogh in the ritualized killing.
Afterward the observance, group moved to "The Scream" a sculpture which was meant to memorialize van Gogh. It is located in the park across from where van Gogh was slaughtered. The organizers of the memorial urged that people safeguard their freedom of speech.
According to the 'Remembering Theo van Gogh" website, "Theo was our spokesman and release valve and dared to say what we thought. He was killed for that." Read more ...
Source: PipeLine News
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