“The Black Standard-Bearer of Islam in Europe”
Charles Johnson
Sat Feb 4, 2006 at 9:04 pm PST • Views: 338
The Islamic assassin who butchered Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh on an Amsterdam street, Mohammed Bouyeri, says the prophet justifies his deed.
AMSTERDAM, 03/02/06 - The prophet Mohammed justifies Islamic violence in the battle between the faithful and unfaithful. Paradise awaits the faithful who die as a result, Mohammed Bouyeri claimed yesterday in the district court of The Hague.
Bouyeri hoped for paradise himself when he assassinated Theo van Gogh in Amsterdam on 2 November 2004. But after a shoot-out with the police, he was taken alive, and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder with terrorist motives. Yesterday, he made a 2.5-hour plea in the court case against the Hofstad alleged terrorist group, of which he is allegedly the leader.
“When you compare me to Osama Bin Laden, you are seriously wronging him and giving me too much honour that I do not deserve,” Bouyeri said to the Public Prosecutor (OM). “But the fact that you see me as the black standard-bearer of Islam in Europe fills me with honour, pride and happiness.”
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