Difference between revisions of "Fitna"
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''Fitna'' may refer to a short [[polemic|polemical]] film by [[Dutch]] [[parliament|parliamentarian]] [[Geert Wilders]], designed to inflame anti-Islamic sentiment by 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|polemical]] film by [[Dutch]] [[parliament|parliamentarian]] [[Geert Wilders]], designed to inflame anti-Islamic sentiment by 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, an intolerable act of [[desecration]] to any devout [[Muslim]] | + | 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, an intolerable act of [[desecration]] to any devout [[Muslim]]. |
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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]]. | ||
In [[Islam|Islamic]] [[apocalypse|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. | In [[Islam|Islamic]] [[apocalypse|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. | ||
Revision as of 11:24, March 15, 2009
Fitna may refer to a short polemical film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, designed to inflame anti-Islamic sentiment by 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, an intolerable act of desecration to any devout Muslim.
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.
Also,