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Dutch police have apprehended eight suspects<\/a> (all young Moroccans and Algerians) in the killing of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh (yes, he is related) on Tuesday morning outside his flat in Amsterdam, an act which horrified<\/a> Dutch citizens. Earlier this summer, Van Gogh caused an uproar among Dutch Muslims (1 out of 16 million people in Holland) with a short television film, \u201cSubmission,\u201d that was critical of the treatment of women in Islam (it also depicts a Muslim girl in a mosque with her naked body visible through a transparent gown). The gruesome murder included another death threat (cinematically pinned<\/a> to Van Gogh\u2019s body with a knife) threatening Somali-born MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who wrote the script to Van Gogh\u2019s film and has herself been a target by extremist Muslims for her outspoken rejection<\/a> of forced marriages (she now considers herself an ex-Muslim<\/a>). The murder highlights the polarity of extremes common in Holland today, unlike the low-level simmering of religious conflict in neighbouring countries. \u201cIn France or Belgium, you don\u2019t have this same kind of very Dutch cabaret-like figure who rages about goat-fuckers,\u201d says one commentator of Van Gogh. The anger has escalated in recent years (along with Muslim immigration), more notably since the murder of Pim Fortuyn<\/a> in 2002 (although the revelation that his killer was an environmental activist, and not a Muslim, spared further hostility). Foretelling the future, the main suspect in Van Gogh\u2019s killing had with him a death list<\/a> of leading right wing Dutch politicians and personal exhortations to jihad (well, we all struggle a bit sometimes). Although Dutch Muslim groups immediately condemned<\/a> the murder as \u201ccowardly\u201d and \u201cdespicable,\u201d anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiments (and extremist violence) are expected to rise. \u201cWhy has this happened in the Netherlands?\u201d asked Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad. \u201cHave we built a culture in which extremes clash more violently precisely because tolerance and freedom of opinion are such fundamental values?\u201d <\/p>\n

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Zahed Amanullah is associate editor of altmuslim.com.\u00a0 He is based in London, England.\n<\/p>\n

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