As an anti-theist it sickened me hearing about the murder of Theo Van Gogh . Same as it sickened me watching 3,000 human beings being crushed and incinerated as the attack on the World Trade Centre unraveled on television . It sickened me turning on the news on the 7th July 2005 hearing that there'd been a terrorist attack on the London transport system . It sickened me every time I turn on the news and hear that NATO soldiers have been killed by Jihadists in Afghanistan . In short I believe that religion is the worst thing humanity has invented and make no mistake - God is entirely manmade and if nothing else I owed it to myself to watch Van Gogh's short film , a film that cost the film maker his life . Because of the controversy and because of the moral cowardice of broadcasters ( We all remember the controversy of these Danish cartoons don't we ? ) it's not something you'll see broadcast on network television in Britain but it's easy to find on the internet
The concept is incredibly simple a woman - wearing a burqa - standing upon a stage gives a monologue on her life . As a 16 year old she meets a man at a market and they fall in love but the love is doomed because she has to undergo an arranged Muslim marriage . She mentions her menstrual cycle seen as Allah as a pollution , She bemoans the strength of man who beats her during the week of her period. According to Muslim tradition she is not allowed to show her physical ornaments . She sins by fantasizing about the wind through her hair . Her Uncle comes to stay her family and sexually abuses her . When she tells her mother her father beats her for dishonoring his brother . Her husband leaves when she discovers she's pregnant and when she prays for salvation she finds Allah is silent . The End
With the exception of the woman wearing a thin costume showing her breasts nothing about SUBMISSION can be intrerpreted as controversial , and certainly no crime has been committed . Van Gogh's short film shouldn't be seen as an attack on the Islamic faith but on violent mysogynism that is allowed to flourish in all cultures that lean towards religion . Beating a woman up because she's on her period , this is very common in Hindu culture as well as Muslim ones . Arranged marriage is also common in Hindu culture . Any type of fantasy is seen as sin in every religion try and think of how the Catholic church regard " impure thoughts " and how abortion is outlawed in the Catholic Republic of Ireland and Protestant North of Ireland is outlawed . Think of the attacks on abortion clinics are bombed and abortionists are murdered by evangelical Protestants in North America . It's a womans body and it's her right to choose ? Yes it is , but this is superseded if a man has God on his side . You love a woman ? You can't if you love God . Only a non believer can ever truly love a woman
I never knew you Theo Van Gogh and had never heard of you until after your death and I know you'll never be able to read this but I'd still like to say thank you for making this short film film that shows that life is a living hell for many women on this planet
The concept is incredibly simple a woman - wearing a burqa - standing upon a stage gives a monologue on her life . As a 16 year old she meets a man at a market and they fall in love but the love is doomed because she has to undergo an arranged Muslim marriage . She mentions her menstrual cycle seen as Allah as a pollution , She bemoans the strength of man who beats her during the week of her period. According to Muslim tradition she is not allowed to show her physical ornaments . She sins by fantasizing about the wind through her hair . Her Uncle comes to stay her family and sexually abuses her . When she tells her mother her father beats her for dishonoring his brother . Her husband leaves when she discovers she's pregnant and when she prays for salvation she finds Allah is silent . The End
With the exception of the woman wearing a thin costume showing her breasts nothing about SUBMISSION can be intrerpreted as controversial , and certainly no crime has been committed . Van Gogh's short film shouldn't be seen as an attack on the Islamic faith but on violent mysogynism that is allowed to flourish in all cultures that lean towards religion . Beating a woman up because she's on her period , this is very common in Hindu culture as well as Muslim ones . Arranged marriage is also common in Hindu culture . Any type of fantasy is seen as sin in every religion try and think of how the Catholic church regard " impure thoughts " and how abortion is outlawed in the Catholic Republic of Ireland and Protestant North of Ireland is outlawed . Think of the attacks on abortion clinics are bombed and abortionists are murdered by evangelical Protestants in North America . It's a womans body and it's her right to choose ? Yes it is , but this is superseded if a man has God on his side . You love a woman ? You can't if you love God . Only a non believer can ever truly love a woman
I never knew you Theo Van Gogh and had never heard of you until after your death and I know you'll never be able to read this but I'd still like to say thank you for making this short film film that shows that life is a living hell for many women on this planet