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March 27, 2008
Fitna
This movie has some seriously shocking images. It is a movie about the Koran, by Geert Wilders. I could not watch the entire thing, but I'll keep trying. If you have forgotten what terrorism is about, you need to watch this. Then you will remember.
Wilders releases controversial film on IslamSource(EUX.TV) -- Dutch member of parliament and outspoken Islam critic Geert Wilders on Thursday night posted on the Internet his long-awaited movie 'Fitna'. The movie is a controversial critique of Islam as a 'fascist' religion.
An English version of the movie can be seen via the liveleak.com website. The original version is in Dutch. Within the first two hours after the movie was posted, more than 200,000 people had watched it.
By the way, Right Girl gets the hat tip for this one!
Posted by Beth at March 27, 2008 3:47 PM
Comments
Why wasn't the film broadcasted on Dutch TV?
Any TV station would ask to see your film before airing it and Wilders-looser refused to show it to the producers beforehand. Even the Muslim public broadcaster offered to show it on their air time if Wilders was to appear afterwards in a debate and HE REFUSED. Basically they offered him a space to excercise his freedom of speech but he doesn't like Muslims...
Now, about the film, it is a poorly done pamphlet. Some of Wilders blunders:
- The use of the Danish cartoon was not authorized by the cartoonist. Kurt Westergaard just called Wilders a thief in an interview on Dutch TV.
- He changed some words on the verses (soerat 8, vers 60 does not say 'terrorize')
- The image he uses of Van Gogh's killer is actually a Moroccan raper. Proof that xenophobes think that all Muslims look and act the same?
Just as a note: I am an atheist but this movie sucks content and editing wise. It is not a movie about the Q'uran, please it is a huge book and the film only shows all the videos we all know from the news. Please, don't insult my intelligence!
Posted by: Andrea (Den Haag, NL) at March 27, 2008 8:20 PM
Heh. Andrea, I would suggest that attitude is part of the problem.
Diane West has some thoughts on the subject of "pre-emptive rage" and it's impact here in her piece in the Washington Times.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at March 28, 2008 10:49 AM