Here are the details of the sermon in which Sjeik Fawaz of the As Soennah mosque in The Hague called for Theo van Gogh and Ayaan Hirsi Ali to contract incurable diseases to the extent that they would eventually be begging for their own deaths. Of course, this can be registered in the department of demonization and creating a climate where violence or a murder is very likely to be committed. You could also call it 'outsourcing'. The Dutch TV-show NOVA managed to get an interview with the imam yesterday and you can watch it here.

In short, the imam – who has no doubt had some solid western-style media training – does everything he can to distance himself from terror and the Van Gogh murder. He refers to his speech as “a peaceful way to channel feelings of anger” which according to him is an acceptable way to deal with certain feelings in Islamic culture: “A peaceful way if you can’t get justice”. And: “if you don’t find anyone who can give you justice, than you address Allah in order to get it”. It was equally revealing to hear the imam talking about the Danish cartoons and note “what Van Gogh and Hirsi Ali did was far worse than those cartoons”. A longer post on what these two 'did' can be found here.

The interview is in Arab with Dutch subtitles and it is interspersed with extraordinary audio from the sermon in question. Even if you can’t understand it I encourage you to watch the video as it is highly revealing on a number of levels.