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A small update:
- The guys arrested in the Hague the other day (with the grenade throwing) included two *DUTCH* converts to Islam. Turns out they and their friends wanted to kill Hirshi Ali (the woman that made the "Submission" movie with van Gogh), and Mr. Wilders (A rather right-wing member of the Dutch parliament, known for his criticism of Islam).
- There have been a few attempts to burn Mosques and Islamic schools (one school was burned to the ground), and a few attempts to burn churches.
- There is more and more proof that most recent Islamic terror strikes (including 9-11) were planned in Spain, and there is a definate link between terrorists there and people recently arrested in the Netherlands (including van Gogh's killer).
- The Dutch secretary of Justice announced that he wants to make more use of the existing Dutch laws against Heresy (which hasn't been succesfully used for decades!), to protect religious people from insults. The Dutch secretary of Integration is angry at those comments, and says that would be akin to rewarding Muslims' reduced tolerance. Other Dutch people, including comedians and artists are protesting. I'd say most Dutch people disagree with the comments.
- The Dutch secret service and police fucked up dramatically before the murder of van Gogh. The secret service didn't bother to keep an eye on the murderer, even though he was a known extremist, linked to other terror suspects. The police didn't bother to check the source of threatening letters send to various newspapers, and van Gogh himself.
and no, there's no civil war yet.
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