Islamist Jailed for Life in Holland

World | July 26, 2005, Tuesday // 00:00

A Dutch court sentenced a radical Islamist for life over the brutal killing of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh. Mohammed Bouyeri, 27, had made a confession and told jurors that he acted out of religious beliefs. Theo van Gogh was a staunch critic of radical Islam. He was slaughtered in broad daylights as he was cycling through Amsterdam, and the killer knife-pinned a letter to his chest. "The law compels me to chop off the head of anyone who insults Allah and the prophet," Bouyeri has said in court.

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