I have been reading the five-page note attached to the knife that was

plunged into the body of Theo Van Gogh, the Dutch film-maker and scourge of

Islamic militancy who was murdered — by an Islamic militant, of course –

in Amsterdam last Tuesday.

The note is actually addressed to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the female Dutch Member of Parliament (she is an immigrant from Somalia)

who calls Mohammed “a lecherous tyrant” and wrote the script for one of Mr.

Van Gogh’s movies. Here is a sample passage from the murder note:

“Death, Ms Hirsi Ali, is the common theme of all that exists. You, I, and

the rest of creation cannot detach ourselves to [sic] this truth.

“A Day will come when one soul will not avail the other soul to anything. A

Day which will be accompanied by terrible torture and agony. A Day when the

unjust squeeze horrible cries out of their lungs. Cries, Ms Hirshi Ali,

which will cause shivers to run down one’s spine; which will raise the hair

on people’s heads. People will be seen as drunk (of fear) even while

they’re not drunk. FEAR shall fill the atmosphere on that Great Day: When

the sun is rolled up. And when the stars fall. And when the mountains are

moved. And when the pregnant camels are left behind. And when the seas are

caused to boil. And when the souls are united.”

Now, my question is, what are those pregnant camels doing in there? Is this

demented murderer trying to make a case for some kind of No Pregnant Camel

Left Behind Act? Or what? I’m only asking.