Italians love Theo Van Gogh!

[ghost_of_theo]

Italian TV to screen Dutch film despite Muslim protests over

John Hooper in Rome
Wednesday May 11, 2005
The Guardian


Courted controversy: Theo van Gogh attacked Islamic militancy in his films and a book. Photo: AP

Italy's state broadcaster, RAI, will tomorrow defy protests from Muslims and reported threats to one of its executives when it becomes the first leading foreign TV network to show the controversial Dutch film Submission.
The film's director, Theo van Gogh, was murdered last November. An alleged Muslim extremist has been charged with the killing.

The decision to screen substantial extracts from the film, which is fiercely critical of the treatment of women in Islam, followed a plea last week from Italian MPs from all leading parties. They said broadcasting the film would contribute "to artistic freedom and freedom of expression".

In a letter to President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the Islamic Council of Turin called for the broadcast to be cancelled. The letter, signed by two imams, said the content of the film was "detrimental to Islamic traditions and customs".
The imams warned that showing the film could create "new and drastic tensions that could induce the most fanatical to commit high-profile actions endangering public security". Copies of their letter were sent to, among others, the prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, and the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Angelo Sodano.

Critics of RAI's decision have argued that it is bowing to pressure from the anti-immi grant Northern League, which had earlier tried and failed to get the film shown at the European parliament.

Van Gogh's 12-minute film was written by a former Muslim who has become a member of the Dutch parliament representing an anti-immigration party. She was last reported to be in hiding under armed police guard.

Submission includes scenes of near-naked Muslim women in headscarves with verses from the Koran written on their bodies. According to someone who saw the film at a recent private viewing, it includes an interview with a woman who recounts a beating she endured for fleeing her home after being attacked and made pregnant by her uncle.

Some Dutch Muslim women who were victims of male violence reacted angrily when Submission was shown on television in the Netherlands last August, arguing that it cheapened their suffering. Van Gogh's murder two months later was followed by dozens of arson attacks on mosques and other Islamic targets, which in turn led to counter-attacks on churches.

The decision to screen the film in Italy was reported by the Northern League's daily, Padania, on Sunday. But the news was not carried in the national press, apparently for fear of stirring protests.

According to the Italian news agency Adnkronos, the RAI executive supervising the broadcast has already received anonymous threats.

A RAI official confirmed that it planned to air the film at 11pm tomorrow. Until now, only brief clips from Submission have been televised on national channels outside the Netherlands in news reports on Van Gogh's death. A northern Italian station has shown the film.

The Italian news agency Ansa yesterday reported that, following talks with the producers of Submission, RAI planned to broadcast a four to five-minute selection of excerpts.

Last month, the European parliament scrapped a screening of the film because of legal concerns and security fears.

Though Italian MPs of all parties have backed RAI's decision, the impetus for the screening has come largely from the Northern League, which has arranged showings at some of its premises.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,1481145,00.html

[Ma_Li_Ka]

And do you have any idea what the Northern League stands for? They are Fascists. But then again, so are you. So stop whining about KKK, you are no different.

[ghost_of_theo]

Originally posted by Ma_Li_Ka
And do you have any idea what the Northern League stands for? They are Fascists. But then again, so are you. So stop whining about KKK, you are no different.

How racist of you to compare me to KKK. Why don't you quit crying over me, you are no different than KKK.

Did Theo Van Gogh kill anyone? Who killed Theo Van Gogh?


I like to watch riots.


AFP Photo: Afghan students burn a US flag during a protest in Kabul.

[Kendra1]

Nutter skins his mother




A MAN killed his mother, skinned her — then wore her as a “coat” as he directed traffic while reciting Bible extracts.

The 42-year-old had bludgeoned his mum to death, cut her throat and chopped off her arms.

Rotterdam Court in Holland was told the unnamed man “sacrificed” his 76-year-old mum to God.

He is being sent for psychiatric tests.

[ghost_of_theo]

Originally posted by Kendra1
Nutter skins his mother




A MAN killed his mother, skinned her — then wore her as a “coat” as he directed traffic while reciting Bible extracts.

The 42-year-old had bludgeoned his mum to death, cut her throat and chopped off her arms.

Rotterdam Court in Holland was told the unnamed man “sacrificed” his 76-year-old mum to God.

He is being sent for psychiatric tests.

I am an educated person. Like most educated persons, I don't believe in any organized religion.


Palestinian Miaser Daas holds a portrait of her son Rami, 26, at her house in the West Bank town of Biddya Friday May 13, 2005. Rami, a Palestinian student living in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was kidnapped by unknown gunmen Monday. Daas' family is particularly concerned because he suffered a serious head injury in a traffic accident in 2000 that required brain surgery and forced doctors to remove part of his brain and skull. He was also on medication to deal with the injury. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh) Email Photo Print Photo

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This woman is very sad because she knows it is highly probable that her son will be used as a suicide bomber. This happens everyday. The perpetrators of these horrific crimes believe in God. Many times they scream "Allah Ahkbar!" before they kill innocent people.