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'''Pim Fortuyn''' (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002) was a Dutch [[Homosexuality|Homosexual]] politician. He was a member of the [[Lijst Pim Fortuyn]] party. Fortuyn warned of an Islamization of the Netherlands and criticized [[animal rights]]-movement.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1971462.stm</ref> 2002 he was killed by a radical animal rights activist,<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1425944/Fortuyn-killed-to-protect-Muslims.html</ref> who was also a member of [[Animal Liberation Front]].
'''Wilhelmus Simon Petrus Fortuijn''' known as '''Pim Fortuyn''' (February 19, 1948 – May 6, 2002) was a Dutch politician, professor and author. He was a member of the [[Lijst Pim Fortuyn]] party. Fortuyn warned of an Islamization of the Netherlands and criticized [[animal rights]]-movement.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1971462.stm</ref> In 2002 he was killed by a radical animal rights activist,<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/1425944/Fortuyn-killed-to-protect-Muslims.html</ref> who was also a member of [[Animal Liberation Front]].
He was also demonized by the progressive media in that country.
He was also demonized by the progressive media in that country.
==Biography==
Fortuyn was born on 19 February 1948 in Driehuis, Netherlands, he studied on the University of Amsterdam, but later he accessed the Vrije Universiteit.
Fortuyn was [[Catholic]] and openly [[Homosexuality|homosexual]].
==View on Politics==
Fortuyn was a lecturer at the Nyenrode Business Universiteit, and Professor at the Groningen University, where he saw himself as a [[Marxist]], he has also joined the [[Labour Party (Dutch version)|Labour Party]].
In the 1990s he moved to [[Rotterdam]], where he became the extraordinary professor at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.
He was at that time a member of the conservative liberal party [[VVD]] and become more conservative.
In the course of time he became a member of several small parties were like Livable Netherlands and Livable Rotterdam.
==Views on Islam and Immigration==
Fortuyn has been frequently critized the [[Islam]], he called it a backward culture<ref>http://www.pimfortuyn.com/pim-fortuyn/uitspraken-pim-fortuyn</ref>, he saw it as a threat to the Dutch society and its values, he advocated for closing borders to Muslim immigrants, He was in favor for a cold war against Islam.
==Assassination==
May 6, 2002, a week before the election he was killed after a radio interview in Hilversum by the extreme left-wing animal rights activist Volkert van der Graaf, which has ensured that there were nationwide protests. There are a lot of questions and conspiracy theories around about this horrific political assassination, which suggests that as the government was behind it.
==See also==
* [[Lijst Pim Fortuyn]]
==References==
==References==