Hirsi Ali's labors brought her to Theo Van Gogh.

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Given that the court provided greater security to Theo van Gogh's killer than to Mr Wilders, you might almost get the impression that the authorities are indifferent as to which of these fates consumes him.

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In the Netherlands, Mohammed Bouyeri, who had confessed in court to killing Theo van Gogh , a controversial film-maker, and said he would be ready to do it again, was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

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Today, Mr Wilders persists, inseparably bound to bodyguards protecting him from the fate of Theo van Gogh, the filmmaker critical of Islam who was shot and stabbed to death in an Amsterdam street by a Dutch-born Muslim.

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It already holds about 700 Van Gogh letters, mostly to his brother Theo.

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