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Geert Wilders’ “Fitna” – Muslim Reviews

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Indigo Jo reviews Geert Wilders’ controversial, new film “Fitna”:

The flaws are not hard to spot. This is basically Jihad Watch or Little Green Footballs as a film, and is not intended to try and convince anyone not of that mindset. For a start, only a small minority interpret the verses Wilders cites to justify the acts depicted; the majority of Muslims in the world simply do not behave like this and mainstream scholars reject such interpretations.

Austrolabe also presents some interesting legal ramifications of “Fitna” within its own review:

As far as such things go, Wilder’s film is quite a weak effort. It’s unlikely to provoke anyone to anything except, perhaps, fall asleep or yawn. [...] The thing that strikes me more than its offensiveness is its lack of originality. Wilders, apparently unable to come up with a suitably offensive shtick of his own, attempts to ride on the coattails of the Danish cartoons; appropriating one of their cartoons — without permission — and using that to start and close his video. He’s now being sued for that. He used footage from an interview with Theo van Gogh without permission. And the owner of that footage is considering legal action too. Where he was original — perhaps too original — was in using the photo of a Dutch-Moroccan rapper instead of a terrorist. He’s now being threatened with legal action for that. Fitna is proving to be more of a fitna for Mr Wilders than for anyone else.

Denmark and its alleged xenophobia

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Abu Skander, an Egyptian bloger who lives in Denmark (began newly to blog) writes about the way the Danish government handled the Cartoon Crisis, along with rumours about xenophobia, islamophobia, racism and other issues. Here is an overview:

  • Everyday life experience in Denmark
  • Government politics of Denmark
  • The problem and its solution

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    Dishonor at the Air Force Academy

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    Robert Salaam is angry that Islamophobes were brought in to lecture about Islam at the (US) Air Force Academy.

    My card on the back says that Marines:

    1. Obey the law

    2. Lead by example

    3. Respect themselves and others

    4. Maintain a high standard of integrity

    5. Support and defend the Constitution

    6. Uphold special trust and confidence

    7. Place faith and honor above all else

    8. Honor fellow Marines, the Corps, Country, and Family

    Unfortunately, none of this is apparently relevant in a discussion about the US Air Force Academy’s decision to invite three deceivers on their campus to insult and discredit Muslims in uniform. I have been carrying this card everywhere I go for almost a decade as a reminder of my oath and what it means. I was never a recruit or Sergeant in any other branch of the US Military, but I thought that our codes of conduct were at least

    New Islamic Search Engine

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    Ilm Sieve: a search engine after Ijtema’s very own heart!

    What is Ilm Sieve all about? It’s an Islamic search-engine and library; our goal is to deliver to you the best Islamic information on the net.

    Any search you put in runs directly against verses of Qur’an, hadith, many languages of translation, and transliteration, including our catalog of Islamic websites (includes blogs, fatwa sites, etc.)

    Why is this important? If you’ve tried using Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc. to search for Islamic information, you’ll find there are TONS of crap sites, and it becomes a challenge to find the few great gems in the mud. What’s worse, people who hate Islam and Muslims, and people who aim to spread misinformation about Islam, all have websites–sometimes posing as Islamic websites!

    We hope that we can bridge this gap and provide a service Muslims need.

    Condemn This!

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    Izzy Mo resolves in the new year that she’s not going to apologize for wrongs others do.

    Sometimes, we are so quick to condemn something before we get all the facts. [...] This was the case with Aqsa Parvez, may God bless her. Muslim organizations came out to condemn it [...] when the facts began to surface, Aqsa’s father was an abusive man whose murder of his daughter had nothing to do with hijab (especially since her sisters don’t observe hijab).