And again, the radical Islamists win

Last year, Dutch cinemas showed the hugely successful comedy 'Shouf shouf habibi!', which revolves around Moroccan immigrants and their difficulties integrating in Dutch society. At the time, there was some minor uproar when it turned out that Moroccan moviegoers in several cinemas regularly burst into applause during a scene in which a second-generation Moroccan son hits his sister. An acquaintance of mine was shocked when she saw how Moroccan girls voiced their consent to this kind of violent behavior. These were not girls wearing headscarves either - they were dressed according to the latest revealing Western fashion.

Since ignorance was still bliss at the time, these incidents got forgotten pretty quickly.

Not it turns out that a sequel may be postponed because director Albert ter Heerdt is afraid of possible repercussions. To quote Mr. Ter Heerdt: 'I don't want a knife in my body.' I guess it would be too easy for me to call him a coward, since (a) I'm not facing his dilemma, and (b) I don't have a family to look after. But it is a damn shame no one else has stepped forward to do the honors.

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