Posts Tagged: Theo Van Gogh
Black Market Repatriation of ISIS Families Fosters New Threats
When Samir Azzuz was convicted of financing terrorism last month in the Netherlands, it was not the Dutch-Moroccan's first terrorism rodeo: in 2006, as a...
Practicing Feminism While White
The year 2021 is already a bad year for feminist truth-tellers. In March, three brave Indigenous Australian women flew to the capital in Canberra to draw...
Blaming the Victim: Theo van Gogh, Charlie Hebdo, the Media and End of Free Speech
As I write, on November 2, 2020, it is 16 years to the day since Dutch-Moroccan jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri, dressed in a djellaba and carrying...
Rethinking ‘Radicalization’: Dutch Researcher Discusses What Makes a Homegrown Terrorist
On November 2, 2004, Dutch filmmaker and writer Theo van Gogh left his home and set off to work, riding his bicycle as he did most...
Tariq Ramadan’s Fans Insist He’s Not a Rapist — Then Blame the Jews
From the moment that news broke of Harvey Weinstein's sexual aggressions, men and women alike rushed to express their disgust and disappointment. As the number...
Anger, Honor and Freedom: What European Muslims’ Attack On Speech Is Really About
"Clash of civilizations," some say. Others call it the "failure of multiculturalism." Either way, the cultural conflicts between some Muslims and non-Muslims worldwide continue to...
Erdogan Critic Unfazed by Threats of Prosecution, Death
For 17 days this month, Dutch columnist Ebru Umar was held against her will in Turkey, and legally barred from leaving the country. Her alleged crime: insulting...
Dutch Tool Helps Weed Out Violent Immigrants
The famed laissez faire liberalism of the Dutch is only matched by their flinty commonsense. Two years after the brutal 2004 murder of filmmaker Theo Van...
Criticizing Islam Becomes ‘Incitement to Imminent Violence’
You could say it is a new form of Islamic honor crime: the silencing of those who dare besmirch the honor of Islam or its...
Brandeis Flap Marks Another Win for Islamist Intimidation
We're only two weeks into April, but 2014 already is shaping up to be a banner year for those who consider any criticism of Islam,...
Muslim Acts of Beheading in the West
The gruesome murder last week of a soldier outside London by a Muslim convert, Michael Adebolajo, brings to mind that throat slitting and...
Islamist Assassinations in the West
This article by Daniel Pipes was originally published by the Gatestone Institute. Terrorism broadly takes two forms: against random individuals who happen to be at a...