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| {{Infobox Film | |||
| | name = Fitna | |||
| | image = Fitnathemovie.jpg | |||
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| | caption = Title card for Fitna | |||
| | director = "Scarlet Pimpernel" | |||
| | producer = <!-- Credits list it as a Scarlet Pimpernel production. --> | |||
| | writer = ]<br />"Scarlet Pimpernel" | |||
| | narrator = | |||
| | starring = | |||
| | music = ]<br />] | |||
| | cinematography = | |||
| | editing = "Scarlet Pimpernel" | |||
| | distributor = ] | |||
| | released = ], ]<br />], ] | |||
| | runtime = 16:48 | |||
| | country = ] | |||
| | language = ]<br />]<br />]<br />] | |||
| | budget = | |||
| | gross = | |||
| | preceded_by = | |||
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| | website = http://www.fitnathemovie.com/ | |||
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| | imdb_id = 1198399 | |||
| }} | |||
| '''''Fitna''''' is a 2008 ] by ] ] ]. The film explores ]ic motivation for ], ]ic ], and ]. The film's title comes from the ] '']'' which is used to describe "disagreement and division among people", or a "test of faith in times of trial".<ref name="hatred">{{cite news|url=http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=137624|title=Hold your breath: ‘Fitna' spreading seeds of hatred|date=2008-03-29|accessdate=2008-04-01|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| On ] ], ''Fitna'' was released to the Internet on the ] ] in ] and ] versions. The following day, Liveleak removed the film from their servers citing serious threats to their staff. On ], ''Fitna'' was restored on Liveleak following a security upgrade, but was promptly removed by Wilders for copyright violations. A second ] was released on ]. | |||
| ==Production== | |||
| {{section-stub|date=April 2008}} | |||
| The ] foundation commissioned the film. It contracted a ] credited in the film as "Scarlet Pimpernel Productions", a ].<ref name="scarlet">{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article524165.ece/Rapper_wil_25.000_euro_van_Wilders|title=Rapper wil 25.000 euro van Wilders|publisher=]|date=2008-04-07|accessdate=2008-04-08|work=]|language=Dutch}}</ref> | |||
| ==Release== | |||
| The exact nature of ''Fitna'''s release had been uncertain up until its official launch. This was due to concerns of the legality of its content and anticipated acts of terrorism. The Dutch press centre offered to release the film, on the condition that Wilders would pay for the increased security required during the press conference and the weeks after it. Wilders declined to do so, citing prohibitive costs.<ref name="No press conference">{{cite news|url=http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=932&Itemid=1|title=Wilders ziet af van persconferentie film|language=Dutch|date= 2008-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-12|work=]}}</ref><ref name="costly">{{Cite web|url=http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/180969/Film-Wilders-niet-in-Nieuwspoort.html|title=Film Wilders niet in Nieuwspoort|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=de Pers, Netherlands|date=2008-03-11}}</ref> | |||
| Having failed to successfully negotiate a transmission of the film with any Dutch ],<ref name="broadcast1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/pr/080229-dutch-press-review|title=Press Review 29 February 2008|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-02-29}}</ref><ref name="refuse_broadcast">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5672213/Dutch-television-stations-refuse-antiQuran-film|title= Dutch television stations refuse anti-Qur'an film|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-03-06}}</ref><ref name="broadcast2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article510239.ece/Geen_enkele_omroep_wil_film_Wilders_uitzenden|title=Geen enkele omroep wil film Wilders uitzenden|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=de Volkskrant, Netherlands|date=2008-03-05}}</ref> Wilders created a website, ''www.fitnathemovie.com'', on ], 2008 with the intention of releasing the film.<ref name="broadcast">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5670625/Wilders-film-website-goes-online|title= Wilders' film website goes online|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=de Volkskrant, Netherlands|date=2008-03-05}}</ref><ref name="intend_release_net">{{Cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL2243365220080322|title=Dutch protest against Islam critic's Koran film|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=Reuters|date=2008-03-22}}</ref><ref name="intend_release_net1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1437141720080314?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|title=Dutch draw on past crises to deal with Islam film ''Page 2, "As no broadcaster has agreed to show it, it is expected to be released on the Internet on March 28."''|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=Reuters|date=2008-03-14}}</ref> However, this was subsequently suspended (see ]). | |||
| On ], the ] (NMO) offered to air the film, on the proviso that it could be previewed for any possible illegal material and that Wilders would take part in a debate with proponents and opponents afterwards.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/184963/Moslimomroep-wil-Fitna-uitzenden.html|title=Moslimomroep kandidaat voor Fitna|date= 2008-03-22|accessdate=2008-03-28|first=Ana|last=Karadarevic|work=]|language=Dutch}}</ref><ref name="nmo_telegraaf">{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3619543/_Wilders_slaat_aanbod_af__.html|title=Wilders slaat aanbod moslimomroep af|accessdate=2008-03-31|publisher=], Nederland|date=2008-03-23|language=Dutch}}</ref> Wilders declined, quoted as saying "No way, NMO."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/1/13222/online|title=Wilders: ,,No way, NMO''|date= 2008-03-24|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| Wilders released the film on ] ] at 7 p.m. ] on the video website ].<ref name="fitna_released">{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|title= Dutch lawmaker's film criticizing Islam finds Web host|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=CNN|date=2008-03-27}}</ref> The following day, Liveleak removed the film from their servers after receiving threats which they described as being "of a very serious nature".<ref name="removed12">{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/28/fitna.reaction/|title= Film critical of Islam dropped from Web site|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=CNN|date=2008-03-28}}</ref><ref name="removed1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5708071/Threats-push-antiQuran-film-Fitna-offline|title= Threats push anti-Qur'an film Fitna offline|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-03-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000505|title=Anti-Islamic Film Taken Offline Following Threats|first=Thomas|last=Claburn|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> The film soon appeared on various ] and ] websites.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632381454&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull|title=The fit over 'Fitna'|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-04-01|publisher=]|first=David|last=Shamah}}</ref> | |||
| Liveleak reinstated ''Fitna'' on ], after security upgrades offering increased protection to its staff had been implemented.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080401-127615/Anti-Islam-film-back-on-LiveLeak-website|title=Anti-Islam film back on LiveLeak website|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-04-01|work=]|publisher=]}}</ref> Soon after, Wilders withdrew the film<ref name="ytwarn">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/news/viewstory.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200804/CUL20080402b.html|title=YouTube Warned to Remove Koran Film|work=]|first=Patrick|last=Goodenough|date=2008-04-02|accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> to make some minor edits, such as removing the copyrighted Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons<ref name="editing">{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1377232|title=Dutch Lawmaker to Edit Anti-Quran Film|accessdate=2008-04-02|work=]|publisher=]|date=2008-04-01|first=Toby|last=Sterling|}}</ref> and the photograph of Salah Edin, a rapper wrongly identified as ], in response to ]s.<ref name="edt2">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=90447|title=Far-right Dutch MP will fix errors in 'Fitna' - except its Islamophobia|work=]|publisher=]|date=2008-04-01|accessdate=2008-04-02}}</ref> ], the cartoonist, was pleased with the news and believed the lawsuit would be dropped.<ref name="editing" /> | |||
| A revised edition, containing a new cartoon in place of the contentious one, and a corrected picture of Bouyeri, was released on Liveleak on April 6.<ref name="karachi2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5721349/Thousands-demonstrate-against-IFitnaI-in-Karachi|title= Thousands demonstrate against Fitna in Karachi|accessdate=2008-04-06|publisher=]|date=2008-04-06}}</ref> | |||
| ==Plot== | |||
| The movie shows a selection of ]s from the Qur'an, interspersed with newspaper clippings and media clips with '']'' and '']'' as an ].<ref name="repetition">{{cite news|url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/article1028543.ece/Fitna_the_Movie_not_hyperbole_or_metaphor_but_repetition|title=Fitna the Movie: not hyperbole or metaphor but repetition|first=Bas|last=Blokker|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref><ref name="failshock">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080328/FOREIGN/777475524/1003|title='Fitna' premiere fails to shock|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=]|first=Leander|last=Schaerlaeckens}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/342114/cs/1/|title=Film by Dutch Islam critic released online|work=]|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref> | |||
| ===Themes=== | |||
| Wilders has said the 15-minute film will show how verses from the Qur'an are being used today to incite modern Muslims to behave violently and anti-democratically based on those verses.<ref name="content">{{cite news|title=Koranfilm Wilders heet 'het kwaad'|language=Dutch|url =http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/3253921/_Koranfilm_Wilders_heet__het_kwaad___.html?pageNumber=2|work=telegraaf.nl|date=2008-02-09|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref><ref name="spectator_interview">{{cite news|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/print/the-magazine/features/553681/a-filmmaker-who-lives-in-the-shadow-of-a-fatwa.thtml|title=A film-maker who lives in the shadow of a fatwa|first=Douglas|last=Murray|work=Spectator.co.uk|date=2008-03-12|accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite mailing list | url=http://www.pvv.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=931&Itemid=1 |last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Nieuwsbrief Maart | mailinglist = Nieuwsbrief - Partij voor de Vrijheid (The PVV)| date = 2008-03-11 | accessdate = 2008-03-11}}</ref> He later described the film as “a call to shake off the creeping tyranny of ],”<ref name="foxiranwarn">{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324406,00.html|title=Iran Warns Netherlands Not to Air Controversial 'Anti-Muslim' Film|work=]|first=Michael|last=Park|date=2008-01-21|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> and a push for a '']'', a ] that “draws on ], ], ] traditions and that poses a challenge to the Islamic problem.”<ref name="spiegelinterview">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,544347,00.html|title=SPIEGEL Interview with Dutch Populist Geert Wilders: 'Moderate Islam Is a Contradiction'|date=2008-03-31|accessdate=2008-03-31|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| ====The Qur'an and Terrorism==== | |||
| ] 60 is shown next to a video of the ].]] | |||
| The film starts with a warning to the viewer that the movie contains "very shocking images".<ref name="veryshockingimages">{{cite news|url=http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/explosive-dutch-koran-film-goes-online/|title=Explosive Dutch Koran Film Goes Online|first=Michael|last=van der Galien|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> A ] of the ] with a bomb on his head is shown next to a ] counting down from 15 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.enews20.com/news_Dutch_Film_Against_Islam_Posted_on_Web_06828.html|title=Dutch Film Against Islam Posted on Web|first=Junia|last=Mink|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=eNews 2.0}}</ref> | |||
| ]s are juxtaposed to video clips of ]s stating ], and videos of violent atrocities committed in the name of Islam, including major ]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-as-antiislam-film-spreads-across-internet/2008/03/28/1206207408587.html|title=Controversy as anti-Islam film spreads across internet|first=Gregory|last=Crouch|date=2008-03-29|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| The first Sura of the film, ] verse 60{{Cite quran|8|60|expand=no}}, is translated as: {{Quote|"Prepare for them whatever force and cavalry ye are able of gathering, to strike terror, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies, of Allah and your enemies."}}] of the ] are shown, followed by the ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/28/netherlands.islam|title=Dutch await reaction after MP releases film on Qur'an|first=Toby|last=Sterling|work=]|publisher=]|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref> An unidentified ] rises above the smoke and declares "Allah is happy when non-muslims get killed." ] taken from the ] show an exploded bus and the ]. | |||
| The next Sura, ] verse 56{{Cite quran|4|56|expand=no}}, is shown as a justification for ]. ] Bakr Al-Samarai is shown raising a sword while declaring: "If Allah permits us, oh nation of Mohammed, even the stone will say Oh Muslim A Jew is hiding behind me, come and cut off his head. And we shall cut off his head! By ], we shall cut it off! Oh Jews! ] ] for the sake of Allah!"<ref name="sermonsamali">{{cite web|url=http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sr&ID=SR01303|title=Friday Sermons on Iraqi TV: October 2002 - March 2003|first=Steven|last=Stalinsky|date=2008-04-04|accessdate=2008-03-30|work=]}}</ref> An auditorium of several hundred people respond with approving chants and fist shaking.<ref name="arutzsheva">{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125728|title=Arutz Sheva Posts Censored "Fitna" Movie Explaining Islam|first=Hillel|last=Fendel|work=]|date=2008-03-30|accessdate=2008-04-03}}</ref> | |||
| Following this, a three year old Muslim girl, says that Jews are "apes and pigs"<ref name="rwpopulist">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543853,00.html|title=Right-Wing Populist Wilders Releases Anti-Koran Film|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=]}}</ref> because "Allah" said so "in the Qur'an"<ref name="apesandpigs">{{cite web|url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/01/allahs_special_little_apes_and.html|title=Allah's special little apes and pigs|first=James|last=Arlandson|work=]|date=2005-01-26|accessdate=2008-03-31}}</ref> in an interview on ].<ref name="Basmallah">{{Cite web|url=http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/924.htm|title=3-Year-old Egyptian Basmallah: Jews Are Apes and Pigs|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=memritv.org|date=2002-05-07}}</ref> More antisemitism is shown by an unidentified Imam, who says: "The Jews are Jews. They are the ones who must be butchered and killed."<ref name="whywrong">{{cite news|url=http://www.marksilverberg.com/index.php?mod=article&cat=Appeasement&article=207|title=Why the Dutch are Wrong|first=Mark|last=Silverberg|date=2008-03-30|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=International Analyst Network}}</ref> ] are shown holding guns in ]. | |||
| ], verse 4{{Cite quran|47|4|expand=no}} is shown in relation to the murder of Dutch film director ], committed by ]. Bouyeri is reported as saying: "If I had the opportunity to get out of prison, and I had the opportunity to do it again, what I did on November 2nd, Allah I would have done exactly the same."<ref name="bouyeriquote">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article543212.ece|work=]|title=Muslim radical confesses to Van Gogh killing in court tirade|date=2005-07-12|accessdate=2008-03-29|first=Anthony|last=Browne}}</ref> Protesters are shown supporting Van Gogh's murder, warning others to heed the lesson or "pay with your blood". | |||
| Dutch newspaper headlines are reproduced, outlining ] threats of murder to prominent ],<ref name="anxiety" /> followed by footage of ]'s beheading. Armstrong's decapitated head is shown held up by ] terrorists.<ref name="armstrong">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/international/middleeast/20CND-IRAQ.html|title=Militants in Iraq Behead U.S. Hostage and Threaten 2 Others|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=The New York Times|date=2004-09-20}}</ref><ref name="armstrong_video">{{Cite web|url=http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4184575793195363828|title=Clip of Eugene Armstrong beheading|accessdate=2008-03-30|format=]|date=2007-05-20|work=]}}</ref><ref name="cue">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543378,00.html|title=Taking a Cue from the Danish Cartoon Scandal|first=Jyette|last=Klausen|work=]|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref> | |||
| ====The Qur'an as a Means for Islamic Universalism==== | |||
| ] speaks at a ], declaring "Islam is a religion that wants to rule the world. It has done so before and eventually, will rule it again".<ref name="meshkini">{{cite news|url=http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/148.htm|title=Ayatollah Meshkini In A Friday Sermon in Qom: An Islamic Rule Under Ayatollah Sistani Is Required in|work=]|date=2004-07-02|accessdate=2008-03-29}}</ref>]] | |||
| ], verse 89{{Cite quran|4|89|expand=no}} is heard, and translated here as: {{Quote|"They but wish that ye should reject faith, as they do, and thus be on the same footing as they, so take not friends from their ranks until they flee in the way of Allah. But if they turn renegades, seize them and kill them wherever ye find them, and take no friends or helpers from their ranks."}} This is shown through a ]: "If someone converts to Christianity, he deserves the death penalty," which refers to the punishment of death for ]. An unidentified Imam declares: "Islam is (more) superior than the Jews, than the Christians, than the Buddhists, than the Hindus. The only (law) Allah accepts is Islam.{{Fact|date=March 2008}}" A short ] shows ethnic ] attacking a ] in ] during the ].<ref name="kosovo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=%5CSpecialReports%5Carchive%5C200508%5CSPE20050815a.html|title=Persecution of Kosovo Christians Said to Reveal Larger Threat|accessdate=2008-03-30|publisher=Cybercast News Service|date=2005-08-15}}</ref> | |||
| ]s concerning assaults and death threats to former Muslims ], ] and ] are shown. | |||
| The final Sura used in the film is Sura 8, verse 39{{Cite quran|8|39|expand=no}}: {{Quote|"Fight them until there is no dissension, and the religion is entirely Allah's."<ref name="anxiety">{{cite news|url=http://www.bosnewslife.com/middle-east/egypt/3527-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-fitna-film-i|title=NEWS ALERT: Christians Anxious As Fitna Film Is Posted Online|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-29|work=BosNewsLife News Agency}}</ref>}} | |||
| President ] of ] is quoted as saying: | |||
| {{cquote|The message of the ] 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP94505|title=Iran's New President Glorifies Martyrdom|date=2005-06-29|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]|first=Al-Sharq|last=Al-Awsat}}</ref>}} | |||
| ] is seen speaking to a congregation. He says: "We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again! The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we rule Britain and the entire world!"<ref name="arutz">{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125728|title=Arutz Sheva Posts Censored "Fitna" Movie Explaining Islam|first=Hillel|last=Fendel|date=2008-03-30|accessdate=2008-04-01|work=]}}</ref> ] speaks in English: "You will take over the USA! You will take over the UK! You will take over Europe! You will defeat them all! You will get victory! You will take over Egypt! We trust in Allah!"<ref name="hstoday">{{cite news|url=http://hstoday.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2603&Itemid=128|title=Web Host Bans Film on Islamists|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-29|first=Anthony|last=Kimery|work=Homeland Security Today}}</ref> Demonstrators ] are shown holding signs that read: "Islam will dominate the world" and "Freedom go to hell".<ref name="cprotest">{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article36702.ece|title=Cartoon protests hit UK|date=2006-02-03|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref><ref name="bbc_london_protests_cartoon">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4682262.stm|title=Cartoon protest slogans condemned|accessdate=2008-03-31|publisher=BBC|date=2006-02-05}}</ref> | |||
| ====Islam and the Netherlands==== | |||
| ].]] | |||
| The final segment of the film deals with issues related to Islam in the Netherlands, under the heading: "The Netherlands under the spell of Islam".<ref name="about">{{cite news|url=http://worldnews.about.com/b/2008/03/28/dutch-politician-releases-anti-quran-film-online.htm|title=Dutch Politician Releases Anti-Quran Film Online|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-30|first=Jennifer|last=Brea|work=]}}</ref> These issues include opposition to democracy, ] and ].<ref name="denounce">{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbdWDY3d2pIF8SJM8-HhVKSIJz3wD8VMMVG80|title=Muslims Denounce Film Critizing Islam|first=Toby|last=Sterling|date=2008-03-29|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| An unidentified person claims that "The ] will be part of the system of the government of Holland", in an apparent refusal to accept ]. Wilders' political ambitions may be found more readily here, as shown through his use of juxtaposing a newspaper headline "Cabinet: no ban on ]" against a Muslim woman fully covered up. A graph illustrating the number of ] since ] is shown against a background of Muslim women.<ref name="amleak">{{cite news|url=http://www.huliq.com/55136/antiislam-movie-fitna-leaked-online|title=Anti-Islam Movie Fitna Leaked Online|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-29|work=HULIQ}}</ref> Dutch police are shown removing their shoes before entering a mosque. A Dutch Muslim expresses his desire to enact an ] if his mother or sister commits '']'', the Islamic concept of ]. Another condemns homosexuality, saying "Islam considers something like that a crime." | |||
| A postcard is shown, ostensibly from Holland, with pictures of mosques in place of visitor attractions, with the words "Groeten uit Nederland" (Greetings from The Netherlands) superimposed.<ref name="pprotest">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543864,00.html|title=Wilders Sparks Political Protest|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| Audio recordings that are said to have been taken from mosques in Holland show Imams denouncing ], "worldly concepts like liberalism democracy." Another states that adulterers must be "]" to death. A graphic image of ], under ]<ref name="iran_hang_gay">{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article546754.ece|title=Public execution for the teenagers convicted of rape|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=The Times, London|date=2005-07-22}}</ref> is a depiction of a possible future dystopian Holland. Children of ] muslims are shown with blood covering their faces,<ref name="amleak" /><ref name="dmfitna">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=547915&in_page_id=1811|title=Dutch politician releases film on the internet attacking Islam|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-30|work=]}}</ref><ref name="sciam27mar">{{cite news|url=http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=dutch-mp-launches-anti-ko|title=Dutch MP launches anti-Koran film online|work=]|publisher=]|date= 2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27|first=Emma|last=Thomasson}}</ref> having been cut with knives by older people as per the tradition of the ]. A series of ] show ],<ref name="newsau">{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23444763-23109,00.html|title=Dutch MP posts anti-Islam film|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=]}}</ref><ref name="slideshow">{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-32721720080327?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|title=Dutch MP launches anti-Koran film on Internet - party|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-27|work=]|first=Emma|last=Thomasson}}</ref> a ] woman's head lying on a floor,<ref name="qurandown">{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DBA6F1A2-E0B1-4E1E-BA92-6E19BFCEE98B.htm|title=Dutch Quran film website shut down|date=2008-03-22|accessdate=2008-03-31|work=]}}</ref> and a woman dressed in a burqa being shot through the head by a man.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703722.html?hpid=moreheadlines|title=Online, a Violent View of Islam|first=Molly|last=Moore|work=]|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-30}}</ref> | |||
| Finally, a succession of newspaper headlines are shown, containing stories related to Islam in the Netherlands, their views, actions, ambitions and politics.<ref name="fitnacnn1" /> Some verified headlines are: | |||
| *"Sudanese demand execution of British 'miss teddy bear'" (see ]) | |||
| *"Almost half of young Moroccans anti-western"<ref name="half_morroc">{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article319760.ece/Bijna_helft_jonge_Marokkanen_antiwesters|title=Bijna helft jonge Marokkanen antiwesters|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=De Volkskrant, Nederland|date=2006-06-14}}</ref> | |||
| *"Moroccans throw gay in water"<ref name="gays_in_water">{{Cite web|url=http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/64274861/Marokkanen_gooien_homo_in_het_water.html|title=Marokkanen gooien homo in het water|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=De Telegraaf, Nederland|date=2007-05-25}}</ref> | |||
| *"Throw gays from tall buildings"<ref name="throw_gays_building">{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article179512.ece|title=Islam-gids: 'Gooi homo's van hoge gebouwen'|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=De Volkskrant, Nederland|date=2004-04-22}}</ref> | |||
| *"Al-Qaeda proclaims death penalty Jihad against Wilders"<ref name="jihad_wilders">{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5660323/Wilders-death-threats-confirmed|title= Wilders death threats confirmed|accessdate=2008-03-28|publisher=]|date=2008-02-27}}</ref> | |||
| The movie ends with a hand seen gripping a page of the Qur'an and a call to action from Wilders to defeat “Islamic ideology”, likening it to ] and ].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f422f4d8-fc68-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html|title=Dutch MP releases anti-Koran film|first=Michael|last=Steen|work=]|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-28}}</ref><ref name="fitnacnn1">{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|title=Dutch lawmaker's film criticizing Islam finds Web host|first=Samira|last=Simone|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-28|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| ===Suras=== | |||
| ] 56 translated here as: "Those who have disbelieved our signs, we shall roast them in fire. Whenever their skins are cooked to a turn, we shall substitute new skins for them, that they may feel the punishment; Verily Allah is sublime and wise."]] | |||
| The following ]s are mentioned in ''Fitna'' in order of appearance<ref name="ABCInterview">{{cite news|url=http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4544952&page=1|title=Uproar Over Anti-Islam Film Falls Flat|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-29|first=Rehab|last=El-Buri|work=]}}</ref> | |||
| {| class="wikitable" | |||
| ! Sura !! Title !! Verse | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;" | 8 || ] (''The Spoils of War'') || style="text-align:center;" | 60 {{Cite quran|8|60|expand=no}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;" | 4 || ] (''The Women'') || style="text-align:center;" | 56 {{Cite quran|4|56|expand=no}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;" | 47 || ] (''Muhammad'') || style="text-align:center;" | 4 {{Cite quran|47|4|expand=no}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;" | 4 || ] (''The Women'') || style="text-align:center;" | 89 {{Cite quran|4|89|expand=no}} | |||
| |- | |||
| | style="text-align:center;" | 8 || ] (''The Spoils of War'') || style="text-align:center;" | 39 {{Cite quran|8|39|expand=no}} | |||
| |} | |||
| ===Differences between First and Second Release === | |||
| The first edition used copyrighted ] without permission. These were removed from the second edition. | |||
| Also in the first edition of the film, and removed from the second edition,<ref name="karachi2" />when referring to the murder of ] a picture of the Dutch ] ] is displayed instead of the murderer ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bieslog.vpro.nl/programma/bieslog/news.jsp?news=39416628|language=Dutch|title=Bieslog - DE film (2)|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27|work=]}}</ref><ref name="populist">{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,543855,00.html|title=Koranfeindliches Video veröffentlicht - Protest gegen Rechtspopulist Wilders|language=German|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|work=]|date=2008-03-27|accessdate=2008-03-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3347-fitna-much-ado-about-nothing|title=Fitna, Much ado about nothing?|work=Menassat|date=2008-03-28|accessdate=2008-03-28|author=Al-Tahawy, Amira|coauthors=Sandels, Alexandra; Barotta, Rita; Van Langendonck, Gert}}</ref> The picture was shot for the rapper's album 'Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie' (Netherlands' Worst Nightmare), which according to the singer's website, was shot to be 'exactly like the mugshot of convicted killer Mohamed B'.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/34627842|title=Salah Edin legt toch eed af in treinkrant DAG|language=Dutch|date=2007-05-10|accessdate=2008-03-27|first=Robert|last=Lagendijk|work=]}}</ref> A 2007 article by Dutch newspaper De Dag had captioned an article about the killer with the shot. On that occasion, Salah Edin's received an out-of-court ] ] for the publication.<ref name="salahedin-news"> – page on Salah Edin's website.</ref> The photo was said by the rapper to be intended to depict "the way the average white Dutch citizen sees me, as a young Moroccan Muslim radical. That's why I chose to do this picture and use it for the front cover of my album. It is in no way supporting the deeds of Mohamed B".<ref name="salahedin-news"/> Edin has accepted a settlement of ]25,000 for copyright infringement.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsfeit.nl/content/view/7495/43/|title=Salah Edin niet akkoord met correctie ”Fitna”|date=2008-04-08|accessdate=2008-04-10|language=Dutch|work=NieuwsFeit}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reaction== | |||
| {{main|International reaction to Fitna}} | |||
| International reaction to ''Fitna'' consisted of universal condemnation across the ], several ] against ], and attempts by ] countries to ] the film. The ] government immediately distanced itself from the film. ]s have organized ] against Dutch products. | |||
| ], the most populated Muslim country, has conducted a ban on several web sites, such as ], ], ] and ], as directed by the Ministry of Communications and Informations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/4/6/indonesian-internet-providers-start-blocking-dutch-film-report/|title=Indonesian Internet providers start blocking Dutch film: report|date=2008-04-06|accessdate=2008-04-09|work=]}}</ref> On ], the Indonesian government lifted the ban. Indonesian communications minister Muhammad Nuh apologised to the public for the inconvenience.<ref name="indoback">{{cite news|url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/toekangit/post.htm?id=63003134&t=tag|title=The end of the YouTube drama in Indonesia|first=Budi|last=Putra|work=]|date=2008-04-14|accessdate=2008-04-13}}</ref><ref name="indoback2">{{cite news|url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Indonesia_lifts_its_YouTube_ban/1207942109|title=Indonesia lifts its YouTube ban|work=BetaNews|date=2008-04-11|accessdate=2008-04-13|first=Tim|last=Conneally}}</ref> | |||
| ], the painter of one of the ] is astonished because his cartoon has been used in the movie without his permission. This is, according to him, a copyright violation. Currently, he is researching legal possibilities against Wilders<ref>, ], 27 maart 2008</ref>. | |||
| Various Dutch people filed an official complaint against the movie, after it was released. The Dutch ] is determining whether any ] will be broken by the publishing of the film. According to some experts, prosecution is without any chance, because Wilders has been aware in advance of legal possibilities and impossibilities.<ref>, De Volkskrant, 28 maart 2008</ref> | |||
| On ] a contra-movie was released by the Arabic-European Liga, named ].<ref></ref> | |||
| In response of the movie on Sunday March, 30 an ] by the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, ], was printed in the Arabic Newspaper ]. In the article, he asks of the readers to "keep the head cool and the relations warm". He urges the need of dialogue, instead of provocation, als a means to bridge the differences between cultures.<ref> Volkskrant, 30 maart 2008</ref> | |||
| On ] ], a debate was held about the movie in the ]. In this debate, the government and Geert Wilders accused each other of lying about facts of their previous communication. According to various members of the government, Wilders had told in previous conversations about his intentions to tear parts out of the Qur'an and setting them on fire. Wilders denied this.<ref> NOS/VARA/NPS</ref> | |||
| A ] ] made a contra-movie in April, named Schism.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | publisher = Kuwait Times | |||
| | date = 11 April 2008 | |||
| | url = http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTIxODc2ODY5Nw== | |||
| | title = Schism counters Fitna | |||
| | date = 2008-04-11 | |||
| | accessdate = 2008-04-14}}</ref> The point he wants to bring across is that "it's easy to take some pictures and verses and try to make people think it has connection to religion." | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| *'']'', a reaction to ''Fitna'' by the ]. | |||
| *The ]. | |||
| *'']'', a documentary critical of Islamism. | |||
| *'']'', a film critical of Islam by ]. | |||
| *'']'', a British documentary on hate-preaching at ]s. | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==External links== | |||
| * (currently suspended) | |||
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