[Culturechat] The van Gogh Murder: Tolerant Dutch Wrestle With Tolerating Intolerance

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Sun, 14 Nov 2004 13:46:23 EST 

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(Following are links to a Reuters story and to a New York Times article in 
the editorial section.)

Dutch Muslims Dismayed by Anti-Islamic Backlash

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Selami Aydin's words will comfort many Dutch people if 
opinion polls are to be believed.

"I'm thinking of going back to Turkey. Seriously," the 39-year-old Muslim 
said just a few hundred meters (yards) from the apartment police stormed last 
Wednesday after a 14-hour siege with suspected Islamic militants. "We're all 
frightened."

The Netherlands' image as the land of tolerance has been shattered in the two 
weeks since outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered and a Muslim 
suspect arrested in the crime. 

http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story.jsp?id=2004111318470002621094&
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PERSPECTIVE | SECURITY VS. FREEDOM
 Tolerant Dutch Wrestle With Tolerating Intolerance
 By BRUCE BAWER

Published: November 14, 2004

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/weekinreview/14bawe.html

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