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'''Theo van Gogh''' was an outspoken [[Netherlands|Dutch]] film director and columnist.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3974179.stm Gunman kills Dutch film director] - BBC News, November 2, 2004</ref> Born in 1957, he was called Theo after his uncle Theo van Gogh who was a resistance fighter executed by the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupiers during WWII. | '''Theo van Gogh''' was an outspoken [[Netherlands|Dutch]] film director and columnist.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3974179.stm Gunman kills Dutch film director] - BBC News, November 2, 2004</ref> Born in 1957, he was called Theo after his uncle Theo van Gogh who was a resistance fighter executed by the [[Nazism|Nazi]] occupiers during WWII. | ||
He was murdered on November 2, 2004 (aged 47), which, like the 2004 Madrid train bombings which were committed exactly 911 days after "[[September 11 | He was murdered on November 2, 2004 (aged 47), which, like the 2004 Madrid train bombings which were committed exactly 911 days after "[[September 11 Attacks|9/11]]", took place exactly 911 days after the murder of Pim Fortuyn. The killing was in retaliation for his short-film ''[[Videos_on_Islam:_Violence_against_women#Submission|Submission]]'' which was deemed blasphemous due to its depiction of a woman with [[Qur'an|Qur'anic]] verses written on her flesh. | ||
A Muslim cleric, Imam Fawaz, gave a sermon several weeks before the murder (in reaction to viewing the short-film) in which he called Theo Van Gogh a 'criminal bastard' and called on [[Allah]] to visit an incurable disease upon him.<ref>Barry Thorne and Claire Cavanagh - [http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ima061031mc-redirected Did imam's sermon incite Van Gogh murder?] - RadioNetherlands, October 31, 2006</ref> | A Muslim cleric, Imam Fawaz, gave a sermon several weeks before the murder (in reaction to viewing the short-film) in which he called Theo Van Gogh a 'criminal bastard' and called on [[Allah]] to visit an incurable disease upon him.<ref>Barry Thorne and Claire Cavanagh - [http://static.rnw.nl/migratie/www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/ima061031mc-redirected Did imam's sermon incite Van Gogh murder?] - RadioNetherlands, October 31, 2006</ref> | ||