Fitna, the short and shocking movie by Geert Wilders, shows the worst of Islam, and yes, what the movie shows are no lies; radical Muslims are the way they are portrayed in the movie.
But are Muslims all the same? Are they all murderers and fanatics?
Before answering that, we too should ask ourselves similar questions; Are all Catholic priests pederasts and sex offenders? or, Do all nuns gamble? And the answer to all those questions is no.
Not all Muslims are radical killers, nor all priests are pederasts nor sex offenders, and nearly no nuns gamble. But when Muslims kill, priests are arrested as sex offenders or nuns gamble, all of them make the news, while most of Muslims, Priests and Nuns who make a decent and tranquil life don’t. It is no secret that most news need shock and scandal to be news; not many readers are interested in the normal aspects of life.
Fitna is made of several Suras from the Qur’an and news clips or shocking videos in between. Several speakers are shown attacking the Western Civilization, the jewish and all non Muslims. Sheiks, Ayatollahs, Imans, a little palestinian girl appear giving offensive messages directed to their enemies, mostly praising the death of non-Muslims and Jews. Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is shown saying: “The message of the Revolution is global, and is not restricted to a specific place or time. Have no doubt… Allah willing, Islam will conquer what? It will conquer all the mountain tops of the world".
Videos of the WTC 9/11 attacks, the Madrid bombings, the beheading of Eugene Armstrong and other atrocities committed by Terrorists, are part of the 15 minute movie.
The end is related to Islam in the Netherlands, where Geert Wilders thinks the Dutch are menaced by Islam and exemplifies it with interviews of Dutch Muslims.
Not being a Muslim, and having some basic knowledge of Islam, I don’t find the movie that shocking to Islam. But radical Muslims and Muslims afraid their beliefs will be misunderstood by this film are not happy about the movie.
Even the website hosting the movie, www.liveleak.com had to drop it from their server because of death threats to its staff.
But again, what is shown in the movie are no lies, there are no fabrications, but neither is that if Catholics would really take some time to read the Bible, they would find that God kills millions and asks for sacrifices that, as of today’s standards are barbaric.
If we go back in history, we will find that all religions have killed millions in the name of their God. Even Catholics killed and tortured during the Inquisition.
So, the Suras that can be read through the film are true and they have their counterpart in all religious books, even the Catholic Bible.
That doesn’t make Islam a murderer’s religion. Yet fanatics such as the Jihadists and Mujahedins do give a very bad name to their religion in the name of God as do some white supremacists in the name of God, or even some American Catholics who celebrate deaths of soldiers and Gay people, also in the name of God.
The film is not a good idea. Its not that radical Muslims should have their way and kill all non_Muslims and dominate the world. No, that has to be stopped. But the film only helps to radicalize opponents in this “Holly” war. And when I say “Holly” I’m not referring to Muslims only.

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