NOTE: This post only contains entries written during the immediate aftermath of the murder. The entire Van Gogh file is here.
Since the Van Gogh murder had an impact on many different areas I filed my posts about the affair under various categories, so I thought it would be wise to round them all up in chronological order in one post with a brief description. Here we go:
The initial reaction when news of the murder broke is here;
Comments on the likely assassins and why their role is not surprising are here;
Ayaan Hirsi Ali's first reaction after the murder is here;
My reflections on the affair in "Holland's Evaporating Hope"; "Al-Zarqawi on Clogs", translating the note left on Van Gogh's body and my thoughts after reading it;
My pessimism after a few days materialized here;
Enforcing political correctness and managing free speech prevails shortly after the murder, here;
A reader offers hope to the Dutch here; (this resulted in an amazingly angry e-mail from a Brit);
A possible solution: co-opting moderate Muslims is here;
Europe's prospects and the role of Islam, here; Here's a backgrounder on Dutch politics and the political parties invovled;
The new realities for the Dutch and the impact on their role in Iraq is here;
The core issue: free speech is here;
The Dutch street erupts here;
Dutch politicians struggling to come to terms with the new world are here;
Van Gogh's farewell ceremony is here;
The arrest of more suspects after a stand-off with Dutch police is here;
Exploring the notion that Bush may become more attractive to the Dutch after the murder is here;
The plot thickens as some unusual suspects are picked up, here;
Despite many calls, the Queen keeps her distance, here;
Dutch parliament debates the murder and its aftermath, here;
And here I am pointing out that the Dutch are disoriented and hardly unified thanks to a clueless political establishment.
There it is, I am sure more will follow in weeks to come but that of course depends entirely on developments on the ground. One thing I will do however is summarize my thoughts in one essay and I will probably come up with some conclusions that weren't obvious to me on the day of the murder, now two weeks ago.