Dutch Filmmaker to be Cremated

World | November 9, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00

A Dutch filmmaker allegedly slain by an extremist is to be cremated Tuesday. Since the November 2 slaying of Theo van Gogh, whose last film was critical of how women are treated under Islam, fires have been set at mosques and a centre that aids immigrants, many of them Muslim, has been vandalized.The latest incident came Monday, when a pre-dawn explosion in the southern Dutch town of Eindhoven wrecked the front door of an Islamic elementary school and shattered windows in nearby homes. No one was injured. Van Gogh's killing -- and the violent response -- has shocked many in Netherlands who prided themselves on being part of what they considered a peaceful and open society.

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