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A noisy protest, rather than a wake,
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Gogh | |
Several thousand people took to the streets in
Amsterdam to pay homage to
outspoken film maker Theo van Gogh and protest at the manner of his
killing.
Mr van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, was
shot dead as he cycled through the city.
Instead of holding a wake, protesters were asked
by Mr van Gogh's family to make as much noise as possible in support of
freedom of speech.
People
banged on pots and pans, car horns were honked and whistles blown in response.
"The freedom of speech is a foundation of our society and that
foundation was tampered with
today," Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen said in a speech to the crowd.
"Theo van Gogh picked fights with many people, myself included, but
that is a right in this country," he added.
Mr van Gogh was reportedly shot and stabbed to death as he cycled in
broad daylight through an Amsterdam street on Tuesday.
Police said they arrested a 26-year-old man with dual nationality near
the scene after an exchange of gunfire. The suspect and a police officer
were wounded and had to go to hospital.
The 47-year-old film maker had received death threats after his film
Submission was shown on Dutch TV.
It portrayed violence against women in Islamic societies - in one scene
an actress in see-through garments was shown with Koranic script written on her body,
which also bore whip marks.
Although the film triggered an outcry from Dutch Muslims, many were
quick to condemn the killing of Mr van Gogh.
One woman of Moroccan descent, Ikram, came to the rally with a sign
saying "Muslims against violence".
"I was debating whether or not to come, but I decided that as a Muslim
and a Moroccan I should take up my responsibility to show that we do not
support this act," she said.
Mr Van Gogh - who was related to the famous Dutch painter - had also
been making a film about Pim Fortuyn, the populist right-wing,
anti-immigration politician assassinated in May 2002.
The Netherlands is home to nearly one million Muslims or 5.5% of the
population.
(Agencies) |
幾千人走上阿姆斯特丹街頭，向敢于坦率直言的電影導演提奧·凡高致敬，并對他的遇害表示抗議。
凡高先生拍攝了一部關于伊斯蘭文化的電影，引起了爭議，之后他在騎自行車穿過城市時被槍殺。
凡高先生的家人請求抗議者為了支持言論自由，盡可能地大聲喧鬧，而不用要像以往一樣守夜。
人們用力敲打著鍋碗瓢盆，（街道上的）汽車喇叭和口哨聲互相呼應。
阿姆斯特丹市長喬布·科恩對抗議人群發表了演講，他說：“言論自由是社會的基礎，今天這一基礎被破壞了。”
“提奧·凡高選擇和很多人作戰，包括我自己，但是這是我國人民的正當權利。”他補充說。
據說凡高先生是在星期二（11月2日）白天騎車穿過阿姆斯特丹的一條街道時被開槍射中，然后被刺身亡的。
當地警方透露，他們在交火后的現場附近逮捕了一名具有雙重國籍的26歲男子，這位嫌疑犯和一名警官都受了傷，不得不被送往醫院救治。
影片《屈服》在荷蘭電視臺公映后，這位47歲的電影導演收到了死亡恐嚇。
這部影片描述了伊斯蘭社會中婦女們遭到的暴力威脅，電影里有這樣一幕：一位女演員穿著透明的外衣，透過外衣可以看到寫在她身體上的《可蘭經》經文，還有鞭打的傷痕。
盡管這部影片激起了荷蘭穆斯林教徒的公開抗議，許多人還是很快轉向譴責殺害提奧·凡高的元兇。
一個摩洛哥血統的婦女伊克拉米帶著一幅標語來到抗議集會上，標語上面寫著“穆斯林信徒反對暴力”。
她說：“我在來與不來之間斗爭著，但最終我還是決定來，因為作為一個穆斯林信徒和摩洛哥人，我有責任表明我們并不支持這種行為。”
凡高先生的名字能讓人聯想到那位著名的荷蘭畫家。他曾拍過一部關于右翼人民黨黨員、反移民政治家皮姆·佛圖的電影。2002年5月，皮姆被暗殺。
荷蘭是近100萬穆斯林教徒的家園，穆斯林占全國總人口的5.5%。
（中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2004-11-04 09:56