Difference between revisions of "Fitna"
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[[Mike Ghouse]] & Imam Zia-ul-Haq Shaikh object to the documentary, saying it is based on "lies" and deliberate mistranslations of the [[Koran]]. | [[Mike Ghouse]] & Imam Zia-ul-Haq Shaikh object to the documentary, saying it is based on "lies" and deliberate mistranslations of the [[Koran]]. | ||
| − | In [[Islam|Islamic]] [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] writings | + | In [[Islam|Islamic]] [[apocalypse|apocalyptic]] writings, 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 Muslim territories governed by [[sharia law]], with no apocalyptic assumptions. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Mercy in Islam]] | *[[Mercy in Islam]] | ||
| + | *[[Eschatology]] | ||
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
Revision as of 17:39, 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, 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 Muslim territories governed by sharia law, with no apocalyptic assumptions.