[Dean's World] Shay: "Submission 2": The Netherlands As A Protest Target

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Posted by Shay:
"Submission 2": The Netherlands As A Protest Target
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1149700314.shtml


   [1]"Submission 2", - an upcoming film written by Ayaan Hirsi Ali that
   focuses on Islam's views toward homosexuality - can turn the
   Netherlands and its economic interests abroad into a target of
   worldwide anger by Muslims. The Netherlands can be the victim of
   similar protest actions, as happened with the Danish cartoon
   controversy, and even terrorist attacks. That is the conclusion
   presented today by the National Threat Coordinator in its report on
   terrorism and radicalism (article in Dutch, hat tip: [2]Ayaan Hirsi
   Ali Blog). Ministries in Holland are mapping which measures must be
   taken when the film comes out later this year.

   Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a black moderate-conservative feminist,
   former-Muslim-turned-atheist, best-selling writer, former politician,
   and vocal critic of Islam, has explained that the sexual constraints
   on the freedom of Muslim men is the focus of "Submission 2".
   "Submission" (2004) - which argued that Islam legitimizes violence
   against women - created violent response in the Muslim world and an
   Moroccan-Dutch Muslim extremist later murdered filmmaker Theo van
   Gogh.

   My response: Ayaan Hirsi Ali will have probably completed her
   anticipated move to USA (to work for the American Enterprise
   Institute) when the sequel comes out. If Muslims got this upset about
   slavery and genocide of blacks by Arab Muslims in Sudan and
   Mauritania, we might get somewhere on that issue. The underlying
   thrust of the Dutch entity's warning is the expectation that Muslims
   will be barbaric, instead of peacefully articulating their
   disapproval. Such mayhem would only reinforce Ayaan Hirsi Ali's point
   that adherents of Islam tend to be unable to hear critical evaluations
   of their religion, as people ranging from Christians to Hindus to
   atheists regularly do about their beliefs.

References

   1. http://bookerrising.blogspot.com/2006/06/submission-2-netherlands-as-protest.html
   2. http://www.ayaanhirsiali.web-log.nl/