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Gunman kills Dutch film director (Shot Film about Islamic abuse of women)
Amsterdam Netherlands
November 2004


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Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture recently, has been shot dead in Amsterdam, Dutch media report. Police said they had arrested a man at the scene after an exchange of gunfire. Van Gogh, 47, had received death threats after his film Submission, on violence against women in Islamic societies, was shown on Dutch TV.
354 posted on 11/02/2004 6:59:16 AM PST by miltonim (Fight those who do not believe in Allah. - Koran, Surah IX: 29)
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Indonesian Catholic School Closed for Three Weeks (after muslim protests)
Indonesia
November 2004

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However on October 3, crowd of Muslim residents attacked the school during Sunday Mass and erected a brick wall in front of the school gate... a compromise was reached. The students could resume classes, using the back gate to enter the school -- but the church was ordered to stop holding services on the school grounds.
355 posted on 11/02/2004 7:25:59 AM PST by miltonim (Fight those who do not believe in Allah. - Koran, Surah IX: 29)
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