The Death Of Free Speech: Geert Wilders' Anti-Islamization Film "Fitna" Pulled After Threats - Instablogs
The Death Of Free Speech: Geert Wilders' Anti-Islamization Film "Fitna" Pulled After Threats
Incognito , Boca Raton: Mar 30 2008
Made Popular Mar 30 2008
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The Death Of Free Speech: Geert Wilders' Anti-Islamization Film Not many, but some do get it, in Europe. Those with enough awareness and foresight to envision the adverse affects the threat that global Islamization will have on the free world as we see it today. Those few brave souls who have the courage to do something about it, and at great personal risk. Those who refuse to allow themselves to succumb to fear or complacency or inertia. One such person is Dutch politician Geert Wilders. He just produced a powerful video entitled “Fitna” which highlights the barbarity of the darker aspects of Islam. And there are many. Quoting Surahs from the Koran, there are graphic and harrowing images of 9/11, the bombings in Spain and London, a beheading, along with preaching of hate from mainstream Imams across the globe. There are photographs of demonstrators with placards boldly stating “Islam Will Dominate The World”. And these are not terrorists, or small factions of extremists, these are ordinary Brits and other European Muslims proudly carrying those signs that call for death to all “infidels”.

Liveleak.com was the only source that was brave enough to host Wilders’ film, no-one else dared. I had the opportunity to watch it a few nights ago, before it was unceremoniously pulled from their servers. Why? Because of serious threats to staff members. One can only assume those threats originated from the Muslim world. It has happened before, and obviously will happen again. If you click here, what was once the film is now an official notice indicating why they can no longer safely allow it to remain on their servers. This is indeed a tragic day for freedom of speech, and just serves as a gross reminder of what we are actually dealing with, and what we have to look forward to.The Death Of Free Speech: Geert Wilders' Anti-Islamization Film

Any religious ideology that calls for world domination, that resorts to violence and threats of death to achieve those ends, is not a religion but an aberration. Sorry, but there is no one religion that holds the franchise on God. God belongs to all, not just the Muslims, and until they decide they are willing to share Him with those of other faiths, that they can play in the global sandbox we call earth with their non-Muslim brethren, in a civilized manner, I will continue to criticize and raise my voice in anger.

I will continue to defend my right to worship as I please! I will NOT submit! And I will NOT be silenced!

UPDATE 3/29/08:

Here’s a transcript of the film and it is now on youtube, although who knows for how long.

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James
Melbourne, Australia
People of across the world should come forward to isolate Islam and its followers for the safety of their families. Islam has become the largest religion in the world. Everyone in the world should watch the film -Fitna.
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Zafar
Islamabad, Pakistan
Why do the western world always believe in attacking Islam and the Holy book of Islam -the Koran. The Koran suras and verse don't mean to kill people without any cause, it talks about the self-defence. What will u do when outsiders attack you and your family? You can't sit and watch the massacre with your folded hands. I repeat Muslims never provoke others so don't provoke us by making such films.
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Ali
Tehran, Iran
I am not against such videos revealing evils in religions, I do oppose religious fanatics and such elements can be found in any of the existing religion in the world. this is not the problems of Islam only, other religions have extremists followers and we should stage a fight against those elements.
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Minhaz
Dhaka, Bangladesh
The English transcripts appearing in the movie are false, Islam does not provoke anyone to spread violence or hatred. Geert has done it for publicity and he should be punished for it. Banning the film is not any attack on the free speech at all.
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Abdulrahman
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
All Muslims are not extremists and terrorists. The video shocked me actually and the way in which Mr. Wilders sketched the entire Muslim population with the same 'terrorist' language is unacceptable. I am a Muslim but as a person I am extremely kind, forgiving, loving human being. I follow the fundamentals of Islam - belief, peace, love.
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Paul
Manchester, United Kingdom
Religion is the way of life and it should be like this. People shouldn't fight in the name of religions. We should keep our religion in the four corners of our house, it helps us for spiritual and personal development. We should avoid taking it to streets for killing innocent people. Al-Qaeda is using the loopholes of Koran and using the word 'Jihad' to fulfill their personal purposes.
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Farrukh
Islamabad, Pakistan
Islam is the finest religion, let me explain it in computer language. Window 98, windows 2000, windows XP and Windows millinum are the prdoucts of Microsoft and the the last in the series is perfect than previous ones. Similarly, all the existing religions are the products of Almighty Allah. ISlam is the destination of all Quran is the source of all.
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Michael
Jakarta, Indonesia
It is not acceptable and Geert is culprit to break the religious harmony once again. Abusing a Prophet and a religious book is not ethical. Tell me one incident when any Muslim abused Jesus or any other god. We respect all Prophets and expect the same.
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Yuzaini
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
By making such films Wilders has just put fuel to the fire. How can you say this movie as an example of free speech? This is not freedom. Free specch doesn't allow you to hurt others' religious belief and faith. Religion cannot be co-related with freedom of speech.
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Bassam
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Look who killed whom in past fifty years - Serbians killed 278, 436 Muslims in the War of Bosnia & Herzegovina during 1992-1995. Western forces killed 2,456, 796 people Muslims in IRAQ in past four years. 7,863,965 Muslims have been Killed in Palestine since 1948. Should I make a 30-min movie on it?
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Erik Weissherz
Wien, Austria
make a movie... also include how many sunnis killed how many shi’i in iraq, sa-udi, pakistan, and elsewhere (subtract this from what you have attributed to the West)

also look into the history of Serbia, particularly 1389... look at Syria in 632... look at Jerusalem 638/1005... look at Constantinople 1453... look at Mohacs 1526... look at Vienna 1529/1683... since when is the Levant mohammedan? what was there before? what about the mohammedan ethnocide against hindus in 1947 West India?

your people are the aggressors and occupiers... for an apostasy!
(Global Perspectives)
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Michael
Manila, Philippines
Don't blame Koran for spreading hatred among Muslims, the verses in the Koran are hundreds of years old. Who ever written those verses and suras never wanted to make it a weapon of terrorism. Muslims should start boycotting people like Osama instead of protesting against Wilders.
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Thinakaran
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Geert was telling lie in the movie. He doesn't even know the meaning of the word 'Fitna'. Fitna means 'to falsely accuse, to create a lie or fib about an innocent party' in Arabic literature. It has the similar meaning in Malay too. This is what the Dutch MP doing by making the film.
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Chinky
Islamabad, Pakistan
This is wrong explanation of the religion. Islam talks about peace and bringing like-minded people together. Killing anyone is a sin and those who are killing innocent lives are merely the minority. What you are forcing the world to watch in the movie is pure terrorism, not Islam. I am a moderate Muslim and I love my religion.
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Hussain_parwani
karachi, Pakistan
this is shamefull to hurt any ones religious be free without hurt any one
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Incognito
Boca Raton, United States
I find it terribly hypocritical of all you who claim that Muslims don’t criticize and make fun of Jews, Christians etc. Just go to MEmri.org and watch the tons of videos that portray Jews and Christians as monkeys and pigs and all the cartoons that disparage Christians and Jews.

And stop bombing innocent people and then maybe I will look at your religion with a different eye.

And yes, it is a question of free speech. As long as you can hold demonstrations with placards calling for death to all infidels, then we should be able to make films critical of that.
Why do you all always threaten people with death when they are critical of Islam? Sorry, but that to me is heinous.
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G emeraldsandash.blogs..
Canberra, Australia
OMG - the controversy...

I would like someone to make a critical film about Christianity. So that we could 1) become aware of the less than spotless nature of the religion so prominent in the West, and 2) so we could see if the Christians were as prone to threats of violent retribution. I think we would be surprised, in both cases.

(I am happily sitting on the fence on this one, folks.)
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Incognito
Boca Raton, United States
Centuries ago, Graeme... but most definitely not to the extent that Islam promulgates violence... sorry, but there is no comparison in the modern world.
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Erik Weissherz
Wien, Austria
The people who have been misguided by the apostasy of islam, and the apostasy itself, are two different things. Indeed, the text (koran) and the hadith are replete with violence and injustice of any sort, but it is not true that all those who have been misguided to believe that they are ’moslems’ are bad. Many governments of Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan, have forced this apostasy upon their populaces in accordance with the prescripts of the book of the false prophet.

All beliefs are not equal. Even the apostasy acknowledges this! We denigrate fascism when associating it with islam, as at least it promoted development. What is the state of the dar al-islam? Is there anything but oil and gas, to go with the apostasy?

Graeme, read the New Testament. This is the word of Jesus Christ. You will see a remarkable difference, when reading the Old Testament, and the Koran. You should read it all. You will see, as in the quoted text in the movie, that the apostasy is at the disadvantage (relative to violent 1000 BC Judaism) that it incorporates the will to force itself upon others. It is a disgusting, unequal religion, lower than worshiping fire.
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