Muslim teacher wants Geert Wilders dead
Muslim teacher wants Geert Wilders dead
Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven wants Geert Wilders dead. Geert Wilders is the Dutch MP who (together with Ayaan Hirsi-Ali, another MP) is fighting the rise of Islam in the Netherlands.
Van de Ven is a Muslim teacher, it's not clear from the report where or what he teaches.
Van de Ven stated in a prime time talkshow that he would like to see Wilders die within two years. He added he hoped Wilders wouldn't be murdered by a Muslim.
Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven said he does not approve of murder, but he did feel 'something akin to gladness' when he heard of the murder of Theo van Gogh.
Van de Ven is a very Dutch name, leading to the inevitable conclusion that this is either a convert or a Muslim born to Dutch parents.
What is most striking in this report is not that this Muslim comes out and honestly says what he feels. It is not even the fact that he wants someone dead who has done him no harm in any sane, rational sense of the word.
No, the real impact is in the fact that this reasonably-sounding maniac with a degree KNOWS that in this society, he can come out and say things like these.
Were he a Jew in Egypt (well, that's impossible, let's take a Copt for argument's sake), and said the same thing, he would be dead himself soon. Probably before he left the studio.
In this case, the Egyptians' way would be better.
Crossposted from GoIsraelGo.blogspot.com
Posted by Dany Belinfante at November 24, 2004 05:54 AM
Muslim teacher wants Geert Wilders dead
Abdul-Jabbar van de Ven wants Geert Wilders dead. Geert Wilders is the Dutch MP who (together with Ayaan Hirsi-Ali, another MP) is fighting the rise of Islam in the Netherlands.
Van de Ven is a Muslim teacher, it's not clear from the report where or what he teaches.
Van de Ven is a very Dutch name, leading to the inevitable conclusion that this is either a convert or a Muslim born to Dutch parents.
What is most striking in this report is not that this Muslim comes out and honestly says what he feels. It is not even the fact that he wants someone dead who has done him no harm in any sane, rational sense of the word.
No, the real impact is in the fact that this reasonably-sounding maniac with a degree KNOWS that in this society, he can come out and say things like these.
Were he a Jew in Egypt (well, that's impossible, let's take a Copt for argument's sake), and said the same thing, he would be dead himself soon. Probably before he left the studio.
In this case, the Egyptians' way would be better.
Crossposted from GoIsraelGo.blogspot.com
Posted by Dany Belinfante at November 24, 2004 05:54 AM