Dutch MP plans new Islam film

BBC NEWS | "Dutch politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali has told the BBC she intends to make a follow-up to the Theo van Gogh film Submissions Part One, which resulted in the director being killed, allegedly by a radical Muslim.

Van Gogh was murdered in November 2004, allegedly by Dutch-Moroccan Mohammed Bouyeri. Van Gogh had his throat cut and was shot several times.

A letter was then pinned to his chest with a knife. The letter threatened Ms Ali, who had scripted the film.

'Deciding not to make Part Two after Theo van Gogh's murder would be, I think, really wrong,' Ms Ali told BBC World Service's The Interview programme."
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From Europe to America: the populist moment has arrived

Spiked-essays | Essay | Frank Furendi

"On both sides of the Atlantic, the political class has become convinced that the people do not know what is best for them.
by Frank Furedi

At first sight, opponents of the EU Constitution appear to have very little in common. In France, campaigners for 'Non' often sought to defend their system of welfare arrangements against an institution that they believe has come under Anglo-Saxon neo-liberal domination. British eurosceptics oppose the bureaucratic and regulatory ambitions of Brussels. In Holland, some 'Nee' campaigners feared the loss of their national identity and the entry of Turkey into the EU. Others used the referendum to simply have a pop at their political representatives."
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