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| − | ''Fitna'' may refer to a short [[polemic|polemical]] film by [[Dutch]] [[parliament|parliamentarian]] [[Geert Wilders]], | + | ''Fitna'' may refer to a short [[polemic|polemical]] film by [[Dutch]] [[parliament|parliamentarian]] [[Geert Wilders]], juxtaposing key phrases from the [[Koran]] with dramatic real world events - such as the [[9/11|September 11th]] attacks - which Wilders argues are the inevitable consequences of the phrases. |
Wilders ended his film with a picture of the Koran, followed by the sound of pages ripping to portray the idea that Wilders has torn the Koran in two (see [[Koran desecration]]). | Wilders ended his film with a picture of the Koran, followed by the sound of pages ripping to portray the idea that Wilders has torn the Koran in two (see [[Koran desecration]]). | ||
Revision as of 17:36, May 7, 2012
Fitna may refer to a short polemical film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, juxtaposing key phrases from the Koran with dramatic real world events - such as the September 11th attacks - which Wilders argues are the inevitable consequences of the phrases. Wilders ended his film with a picture of the Koran, followed by the sound of pages ripping to portray the idea that Wilders has torn the Koran in two (see Koran desecration).
Mike Ghouse & Imam Zia-ul-Haq Shaikh object to the documentary, saying it is based on "lies" and deliberate mistranslations of the Koran.
In Islamic apocalyptic writings (eschatology), a fitna is a time of tribulation and great civil unrest. The term may have common usage, however, to describe merely a civil war within the Dar al-Islam, with no apocalyptic assumptions.