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''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.   

''Fitna'' may refer to a short [[polemic]]al film by [[Dutch]] [[parliament]]arian [[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]]).

[[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, 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.

In [[Islam]]ic [[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==

*[http://www.themoviefitna.com/ Fitna The Movie]

*[http://www.themoviefitna.com/ Fitna The Movie]

[[category:Rhetoric]]

[[Category:Rhetoric]]

[[category:Islam]]

[[Category:Islam]]