Difference between revisions of "Fitna"
m (Reverted edits by KarajouIsKaratard (Talk) to last version by BRichtigen) |
(This is more about the documentary than about the Islamic concept for which it was named) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| + | ''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]] | ||
| + | |||
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. | ||
| − | Also, | + | Also, |
==Video== | ==Video== | ||
Revision as of 11:23, 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
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,