Reply #13: Exactly. [View All]

[Straight Shooter]

For years, the filmmaker was a kind of anarchist clown who badmouthed everything and everyone in society. This was a reason why, let's not forget, a majority of the Dutch, particularly politicians, hated him. He was also known as "the eternal anti-Semite" for his severe criticism of Israel and his statement that he was sick and tired of Jews talking about World War II and the Holocaust. Similar barbs were directed against Muslims.

Van Gogh's last film, "Submission," was a 10-minute artistic documentary in which he depicted extracts from the Koran written on a naked woman's back, to illustrate the stories of four Muslim women mistreated by the men surrounding them. It was the film's form that upset conservative Muslims, including the 26-year-old Mohamed B. who killed van Gogh.

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