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Dutch lawmaker releases anti-Quran film (Video)
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080327/ap_on_re_eu/netherlands_quran_film
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A Dutch lawmaker released a film highly critical of Islam on Thursday, linking verses of the Muslim holy book to a background of violent images from terrorist attacks.
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Geert Wilders posted his 15-minute film on a Web site, and Dutch television channels followed quickly with discussions by panels of commentators on the possible impact of the release. They didn't show the movie.
The Dutch government had warned Wilders that a film offensive to Muslims could spark violent protests in Islamic countries, like those two years ago after European newspapers published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Dutch television refused to broadcast the film, and Wilders had difficulty finding an Internet platform willing to host it.
The film cites verses of the Quran interspersed with images of violence from terrorist attacks in the United States and Spain and the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh on an Amsterdam street.
His movie begins and ends with one of those caricatures of Muhammad, accompanied by the sound of a page being torn from a book.
Subtitles assure viewers that the page was not torn from a Quran, but from a telephone book. "It's not up to me, but the Muslims to tear the hate-sowing pages out of the Quran," the subtitles add.
After the release, Wilders told reporters that he made the film because "Islam and the Quran are dangers to the preservation of freedom in the Netherlands in the long term, and I have to warn people of that."
The film is called "Fitna," an Arabic word that can be translated as "ordeal." Wilders suggested European culture is under threat due to immigration by Muslims.
"Fitna" is "not a provocation, but ... it's five minutes before midnight and this is the last warning as far as I'm concerned," he said.
The film was not as jarring as anticipated, said Maurits Berger, professor of Islam in the West at Leiden University.
"It's a series of images and photos, headlines from recent years which we already know," he said.
The film tells more about Wilders than the Quran, Berger said. "It represents his fear of Islam."
The lawmaker put out his film on the evening before a Dutch judge was due to hear a petition bu a Muslim group seeking an independent review of the film to see whether it violates hate speech laws. The Dutch Islamic Federation asked the court to impose a fine of $79,000 for every day the film is available to the public.
Mohamed Rabbae, chairman of the moderate National Moroccan Council, which appealed for calm in January ahead of the film's release, said he had heard about "Fitna" but not yet seen it.
Wilders "collected some bloody pictures and related them to some verses in the Quran," Rabbae told The Associated Press. "On the one hand, this is less bad than we thought he was going to do. But he also gives the impression the Quran justifies violence, and that is really wrong."
Rabbae said his group and representatives of the Netherlands' Turkish community would analyze the film closely Friday morning before giving a detailed reaction.
Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende had warned Wilders that his film could harm the country's national interests. Thousands of Dutch demonstrated against the film Saturday in Amsterdam, seeking to show that Wilders does not represent the whole country.
Fitna - The Movie
Note: Go ahead and click on the above link and see what LiveLeak had to say about pulling the movie. This is the peace of Islam alright.
After reading that, go to Little Green footballs to see the movie. Here's the link
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=29406&only&rss
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Controversial Anti-Muslim Film Sparks Worldwide Condemnation
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,343351,00.html
A screen capture from the film 'Fitna' shows a verse from the Koran and the attack on the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
If a Dutch lawmaker wanted to create a firestorm by producing an anti-Islamic film designed "to shake off the creeping tyranny of Islamicization," it appears he achieved his goal.
Geert Wilders' 15-minute film, "Fitna," hit the Internet by storm after it was posted online Friday but yanked from the UK-based site, LiveLeak.com, a day later due to security concerns. As of Monday, the film has been put back up on the site.
"Fitna" — "Ordeal" in Arabic — features footage of terror strikes such as 9/11, the Madrid train bombings and the murder of Dutch film director Theo van Gogh, mixed with verses from the Koran. It was up long enough for other file-sharing sites to distribute the film to anyone with an Internet connection. Wilders turned to the Internet to release his film after he failed to find a television distributor.
Click here to view 'Fitna' from Sweetness & Light.com (Warning: Graphic).
The film's release has caused a ripple effect of negative responses.
On Sunday, Australia's Foreign Minister Stephen Smith called it "highly offensive."
"It is an obvious attempt to generate discord between faith communities," Smith said. "I strongly reject the ideas contained in the film and deplore its release."
The European Union issued a statement Saturday saying the film serves no other purpose than to inflame hatred.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon also condemned the film saying there is no justification for hate speech or the incitement of violence.
In the Middle East, Iran has summoned the Dutch ambassador to Tehran to discuss the film, Reuters reported. A senior diplomat from Slovenia, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, was also called to the ministry in Tehran over Wilders' film.
Jordanian lawmakers are taking more severe diplomatic measures and demanded their government cut ties with the Netherlands. Fifty-three lawmakers in the 110-seat parliament have also called for the government to dismiss the Dutch envoy.
Pakistan's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the ambassador of the Netherlands in Islamabad and lodged a "strong protest", according to AFP. It has stepped up the security of the Dutch consulate and businesses in Karachi fearing protests over the the release of the film.
And in Asia, hundreds of Indonesian students took to the streets Sunday, according to AFP, after a minister called for protests. The students carried posters demanding that authorities shut down websites carrying Wilders' film.
Some observers, however, supported the release of the film. "If Western institutions are not willing to take risks, then our lives as free societies are coming to an end," said Robert Spencer, the director of JihadWatch.org, a website critical of radical Islam.
Wilders, who told FOXNews.com in December that he believes Western culture is "better than the retarded Islamic cultures," contends that 99 percent of the world's intolerance is rooted in the Islamic religion and the Koran.
"People who watch the movie will see that the Koran is very much alive today, leading to the destruction of everything we in the Western world stand for, which is respect and tolerance," Wilders, the 41-year-old leader of the right-wing Party for Freedom.
But many say the film manipulates elements and symbols of Islam and is a calculated attempt to offend Muslims.
"It's a hatchet job," said Yvonne Haddad, a professor of Muslim-Christian relations at Georgetown University. "In the Koran there are verses that are very accomodating, very open, very pluralistic to other religions. . . . It was not a balanced representation," she said.
Wilders, raised Catholic but long an atheist, said he worked with professors who are experts on the Koran and Islamic culture, professional filmmakers and scriptwriters to complete his film.
Despite their condemnation, the European leaders defended the right to freedom of speech. An EU statement stressed that freedom of speech was "part of our values and traditions," and called on Muslims to react peacefully. Some Muslim leaders have also called for restraint.
Not all were reassured by the affirmation of free speech, and were instead troubled when LiveLeak initially pulled "Fitna" in response to threats. "If the price [for free speech] is ever too high, then that’s the epitaph for freedom in the West," said Spencer.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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"I call on Muslims around the world, if you run into the maker of the film, kill him"
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020510.php
"Geert Wilders is a Christian terrorist" -- here again is the equation of the depiction of violent acts by Muslims with the commission of those acts.
"Muslim hardliners in Indonesia rally over Dutch film," from Reuters (thanks to Chris):
JAKARTA (Reuters) - About 50 members of a hardline Indonesian Muslim group held a rowdy protest outside the Dutch embassy on Monday, calling for the death of a Dutch lawmaker behind a film accusing the Koran of inciting violence.
Geert Wilders, leader of the anti-immigration Freedom Party in the Netherlands, launched his short video on the Internet last week, drawing condemnation from Muslim nations.
Dozens of police, with two water cannon at the ready, did not intervene during the protest by white-clad members of the Islamic Defenders' Front, some of whom hurled eggs and plastic water bottles into the compound of the Dutch embassy in Jakarta.
"I call on Muslims around the world, if you run into the maker of the film, kill him," said one of the speakers at the rally, Awit Mashuri.
"Geert Wilders is a Christian terrorist," declared a placard held up by a protester. "Kill Geert Wilders," read another....
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Fitna Isn't Anti-Muslim
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http://www.rightsidenews.com/20080404652/editorial/fitna-isn-t-anti-muslim.html
Anti-Muslim
Fitna Isn't Anti-Muslim
April 4, 2008
by Aaron Goldstein
On March 27th, Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders’ long awaited film about Islamization, Fitna, was released on the Internet despite a concerted effort to prevent its showing.
Fitna was swiftly denounced in all the usual elite corners. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called it “offensively anti-Islamic.” The European Union declared Fitna would “serve no other purpose than inflaming hatred.” Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said, “We reject this interpretation. The vast majority of Muslims reject extremism and violence.”
Well, I have seen Fitna not once but twice. I can state without equivocation that it is not anti-Muslim. Wilders undoubtedly criticizes the words of the Koran and the deeds of some Muslims. But does this make one anti-Muslim?
If Wilders had made a film documenting the abuse perpetuated by Catholic priests against children and the Church’s efforts to cover it up would this make Wilders anti-Catholic?
If Wilders had made a film documenting the segregationist views of some white churches in the American South in the 1950’s and 1960’s would this make Wilders anti-Protestant?
If Wilders had even made a film criticizing Israeli government policy towards the Palestinians would this make him anti-Semitic?
Absolutely not.
If Wilders had made any of the three films I mentioned above he would have received accolades and awards. But evidently the words and deeds of some Muslims are off limits and immune from any form of criticism.
How does showing the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Madrid train bombing make Wilders’ film “offensively anti-Islamic”? While some people would rather take comfort in the thought the U.S. government planned 9/11 or blame the War in Iraq for the attacks in Madrid both of these acts were committed by al-Qaeda. The last time I checked al-Qaeda does not adhere to Presbyterianism.
If the European Union believes Fitna “serves no other purpose than inflaming hatred” then why haven’t we seen mobs of Christians and Jews burning down mosques throughout Europe? Could it be that a vast majority of Christians and Jews abhor violence and are law abiding? There is some irony that Wilders exposes Muslim imams who call upon their congregants to kill Jews and yet in the eyes of the EU it is Wilders who is inflaming hatred.
Do the vast majority of Muslims really reject extremism and violence? Less than two months after the 9/11 attacks, a survey done by the Sunday Times found that 40% of British Muslims supported Osama bin Laden and believed he had “cause to wage war against the U.S.” OK, that isn’t a majority but it’s pretty damn close to one. Too close for comfort.
It is well worth noting that hatred is a learned behavior and many Muslims learn this behavior very early in life. Fitna shows an excerpt from Saudi TV. A 3½ year old girl named Basmallah is being interviewed and is asked what she thinks of Jews. She replies by calling them “apes and pigs.” She is asked who called Jews “apes and pigs” and Basmallah replies, “Allah.” Basmallah is then asked where Allah said Jews were “apes and pigs”. “The Koran,” little Basmallah declares. If King Abdullah is serious about wanting an interfaith dialogue between Muslims, Jews and Christians his education system and media has to get their House of Saud in order and put an end to this behavior. But somehow I doubt we will see Gentlemen’s Agreement with Gregory Peck and John Garfield on Saudi TV anytime soon.
If the vast majority of Muslims really do reject extremism and violence where is the hue and cry from the Muslim community in Britain and abroad concerning the eight men currently on trial for plotting to bring down jetliners over the Atlantic Ocean in the summer of 2006? When the arrests were made Khali Sofi, chair of the Muslim Council of Britain’s legal affairs committee, expressed “shock and disbelief” not gratitude and relief.
There are eight men are currently on trial in London for this plot. On April 4th, prosecutor Peter Wright played videotape depicting six of the men which were intended to be aired after they had carried out the attacks. One of the defendants, Abdulla Ahmed Ali states, “We will take our revenge and anger, ripping amongst your people and scattering the people…decorating the streets.” It is estimated that had the attacks been carried out it could have resulted in the deaths of about 1,500 people. The men were planning to detonate flights from London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The airlines targeted were American Airlines, United Airlines and Air Canada.
Perhaps most frightening of all is that most of the men charged with this crime were born in Britain and several of them had converted to Islam. How can anyone consider Wilders’ film incendiary if Muslims born in Britain are ready, willing and able to kill their fellow countrymen? Don’t the teachings of Islam deserve scrutiny if those who convert to Islam end up being involved in a terrorist plot? When is the last time a convert to Christianity, Judaism or Buddhism plotted to blow up an airplane full of civilians?
The UN Secretary General, the European Union and the Dutch Prime Minister can shoot the messenger all they want. What happens when those who kill in the name of Islam come for them? Would they wonder why they didn’t listen to Wilders? Would they also ask why there was nobody left to speak for them? No, they would probably blame Wilders and then blame themselves for not having been tolerant enough towards Muslims.
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Over 25,000 Pakistanis rage at Fitna, Motoons
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Over 25,000 Pakistanis rage at Fitna, Motoons
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020591.php
I wrote an article for FrontPage last Thursday speculating about why there has been such a muted reaction to Fitna up to this point, but by the time they run it it may be inaccurate.
Tiny Minority of Extremists™ Update: "Over 25,000 Pakistanis Rally Against Anti-Koran Film, Prophet Cartoons," from AP (thanks to all who sent this in):
KARACHI, Pakistan — More than 25,000 people rallied Sunday in the largest protest in Pakistan so far against an anti-Koran film made by a Dutch lawmaker, urging their government to expel the Netherlands ambassador.
"They call this freedom of expression, but it's freedom of aggression," keynote speaker Munawwar Hasan, a leader of the main Islamic party Jamat-e-Islami, told the crowd as it chanted "God is great." [...]
But police officer Syed Suleman estimated Sunday's crowd at 25,000, while organizers claimed more than 100,000 people turned out.
Wearing head bands inscribed "We are ready to sacrifice our lives for the sanctity of the prophet," they marched for two kilometers (more than a mile), then gathered on Karachi's main street to listen to speeches.
They also burned an effigy of Wilders as speakers said their government should sever diplomatic ties with Western countries supporting the publishers of cartoons defaming the Prophet Muhammad.
"The Muslim world is on one side, but Muslim rulers like (President Pervez) Musharraf are toeing the Western agenda under the garb of secularism," Hasan said, referring to Musharraf's role in Washington's war on terrorism.
Hasan said this rally, named "The glory of the prophet march," was not against the West in general, but was aimed at creating awareness among Muslims that they need to unite against a war against Islam.
I think Muslims are plenty aware. The ones who are not aware are those who are the primary victims of the global jihad and Islamic supremacism.
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Ban of anti-Islam film rejected by Dutch court
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Ban of anti-Islam film rejected by Dutch court
Someone advise this reporter that you can still view "Fitna" online in several places!!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2008/04/07/fitna-ban.html
Ban of anti-Islam film rejected by Dutch court
Last Updated: Monday, April 7, 2008 | 6:56 AM ET Comments64Recommend25
CBC News
A Dutch court has refused to grant an injunction against a politician's anti-Islam film, whose release on the internet last month sparked protest across the Muslim world.
Lawyers representing the Netherlands Islamic Federation had sought an injunction to end the broadcast of right-wing legislator Geert Wilders's film, Fitna, saying it was insulting to Muslims.
A civil judge at The Hague district court said in his ruling, however, that Wilders's right to free speech permits him to publicly criticize radical Islam and passages of the Qur'an.
The film quotes verses of the holy Islamic text alongside footage of terrorist attacks in the United States and Spain, at times showing graphic footage of bloody, mutilated bodies set to music, and even a beheading of a Caucasian man by men garbed in black.
"The government insists that you respect Islam, but Islam has no respect for you. Islam wants to rule, submit, and seeks to destroy our Western civilization," says text appearing near the film's end that eventually calls on Europeans to defeat the ideology of Islam.
The film ends with a caricature of Muhammad, his head drawn in the shape of a bomb that explodes into a crack of thunder and lightning.
Its release on the internet at the end of March prompted protests in Pakistan, Indonesia and Afghanistan, and denunciations from Muslim leaders in Egypt and Sudan.
Although an American internet service provider suspended the film's website following a number of complaints, the film was still available on the internet for a short time through video-sharing websites such as LiveLeak.com.
The British-based website removed the film after it was posted, however, because of what it called "serious threats" to its staff.
For his part, Wilders — a well-known anti-Islamist who has called for a stop to immigration from Muslim countries and a halt to the building of new mosques in his country — has said he's not against Muslims but against their faith.
Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende has said he rejects Wilders's views, but supports his freedom of speech.
In 2004 controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was shot and stabbed to death outside a government building following the TV broadcast of his film, which portrayed violent treatment of women in Muslim society.
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Denmark evacuates embassies in Algeria, Afghanistan
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Denmark evacuates embassies in Algeria, Afghanistan
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020766.php
The efforts to make the dhimmis cower and fall into line continue. "Denmark evacuates embassies in Algeria, Afghanistan," from The Associated Press (thanks to Twostellas):
The Danish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it has evacuated its staff from embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan because of threats after newspapers reprinted a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad.
Embassy employees have been moved to secret locations in both countries' capitals but continue to work, Foreign Ministry spokesman Erik Laursen said.
The announcement comes after Danish intelligence officials warned of an "aggravated" terror threat against Denmark since newspapers in the country in February of a cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
The warning specifically singled out North Africa, the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The threat "is so concrete that we had to take this decision," Laursen told The Associated Press. "The decision is based on intelligence," he said, declining to elaborate....
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