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Fitna for Whom?

I followed up the controversy regarding Geert Wilders Fitna movie however I postponed my opinion till watching it because we cannot judge anything until we read and think about this reading in order to model an opinion of our own at last!

Geert Wilders Fitna for Whom

Hence, while following up with the controversy, I thought it will be nothing more than what was claimed before as offering Geert Wilders’ view on Islam and the Holy Quran.

I however sadly discovered – after watching – that the movie has trapped into the stereotyped swamp in a way that makes me feel sorrow for him because he was just playing the same old scary movie with its recorded message of misconceptions in a very miserable way.

Freedom and Justice

Indeed; freedom of speech grantees that anyone has the right to say whatever he (and she) believes in; however who claimed that freedom means hijacking justice?

Sorry sir, if your freedom interferes with mine then it is not freedom any more; rather it is an unhealthy sign of ignorance – that you know nothing about me – and here I am wondering about the missing justice somewhere. This is the abstract for how this movie is another prototype for the process of hunting freedom of speech’s bird, so let me place a analytic criticism for it in the rest of this post.

The Fallacy of Finta Movie

Here are my six reasons for finding it useless:

• 1. Technical reason: I saw nothing but another poor presentation of miserable slides. Some portray common misconceptions about Islam; others were cut out their original context in addition to other staggered ones which make the whole movie as a proof that he knows nothing at all about Islam but circulating stereotypes.

• 2. Global reason: It committed the “Generalizing Sin” which portrayed all Muslims as terrorists and failed to see that this is rejected by Islam and Muslims. Therefore do not mention that 9/11 (September attacks), Madrid, and London 7/7 Devil’s Day render Islam because they are unacceptable ignorance and miserable acts committed by people who either missed the mission of Islam or interpreting it for some reason or another and here is a list for Muslims reaction to 7/7 London Bombings for example.

• 3. Political reason: It seems like Wilders’ political position as the leader of the Dutch Party for Movement has rendered his view and lead him to swim into the Islamophobia pool even if this means being inaccurate about what he presents. A good politician – from my point of view – is the one who looks for the sake of his country via integrating different views and opinions of the citizens regardless the faith or race for the welfare of the society. Therefore, this is out of scope for the Dutch citizens and I wonder how citizens can vote for someone who knows nothing about all his citizens?

• 4. Social reason: This movie shed lights over the situation of Muslim minorities and how they are being ignored and their rights are being canceled just because they are Muslims! I know they love their countries because they were born their, they are living there and want to interact into their society not only because they are citizens but also because Islam urges them to do so!

• 5. Linguistic reason: Arabic Language is a vivid one and its terms often have different interpretations. Herby, the term is not mainly equivalent to strife as the movie portrayed but also means examining one’s faith from Almighty Allah (swt), fascinating between Men and Women, refining metals to remove dross and other meanings. Hence, another proof of ignorance as he neither knows Arabic nor understand others.

• 6. Scientific reason: If someone wants to understand Holy Quran precisely, he/she should refer to guide called “Tafseer (Arabic: التفاسير)” which are interpretations in that explains meaning of the verses. Moreover, beside these interpretations, there is another essential guide called “Asbaab Anjool (Arabic: أسباب النزول) which simply means (Raison d’être) that explains the reason for mentioning verses within the whole context of the Holy Quran.

Nevertheless, even if there is no clergy in Islam, we still have Muslim scholars who spent their lifetime in teaching the theological explanation of both Holy Quran and Hadith and this is based on scientific criteria that have been implemented by The Prophet Muhammad as the teacher of Islam. Thus Muslims ask them in case they do not know, and you can imagine this process as what a professor do while teaching Architecture to his students; surly a vet cannot do!

Unfortunately, what Geert Wilders has done in this movie was simply cutting out the verses from the context of Holy Quran and pasting them into a miserable movie – in the light of my explanations – just to proof his view even if it is based on nothing but weak foundations!

Dilemma of Contradictions Exposed

Some people spent their time to prove that Holy Quran is a fallacy however Geert Wilders’ movie believes that it is Muslims’ book that they follow to destroy the world as terrorists.

Thanks for one true point: indeed it is our book and we follow it however not in the way he thinks because his ignorance could not help him to understand the others who are not sharing him his faith or views. Herby, I really feel sorrow for him because again because he has not spent his time, effort and money to understand us and just followed the wave of hating but this his own problem not mines anyway!

Responsibly of Everyone

A true seeker should be accurate and fair so I wonder why he did not mention the truth that Holy Quran calls humans for interacting and knowing each other since Islam encourages urbanizing Earth; however some people simply go for picking up what suites their point of view even if they went through twisting the meanings and serve the Islamophobia trend in the 21^st century.

Nevertheless, I am concerned about our future as humans and wonders where are we heading to under the shadows of stereotyping and misconceptions. This is an unhealthy sign and lead to inflaming hatred as I explained either my previous posts or my published articles over I-MAG Magazine before.

OOPS! We are returning back to the title!

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