Not without reason, the lass has every right to be afraid.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the former Dutch MP and outspoken critic of Islam, has appealed to the EU to create a fund to help protect people in her position.Here is the ten minute film "Submission" featuring Hirsi Ali and made by Theo Van Gogh, this is the film over which he was murdered.She told the European Parliament in Brussels her life was in greater danger because the Dutch government had stopped paying for her security.
"I don't want to die, I want to live and I love life," she said.
Ms Ali added that the cost of her bodyguards was beyond anything a private person could raise.more
Ninety seconds of the Dutch protest in dam Square over Van Gogh's murder.
Three minutes of irreverence, Jesus (Van Gogh) walking on the water. neither are compulsive viewing but they may be of interest.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali wins German media prize.
http://www.dw.de/dw/article/0,,
15941156,00.html
A little comfort I suppose, given how she has to live her life.
The Wilders link you left me shed some light on how it must be to have to travel with your own personal protection squad, but I do have to say he looked right at home with the likes of Hannity.
He may be right on a lot of issues, that doesn't mean you have to like the guy.
OT
An interesting graphic, although the brain (mine) finds it hard to accept. It just doesn't look right does it?
http://boingboing.net/2012/05/10/if-you-put-all-the-water-on-ea.html
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