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2008 film by Geert Wilders

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A short film in which Quran verses are shown alongside images from terrorist attacks.

Released: 2008-03-2715 minDir: Scarlet PimpernelDocumentary

Cast

  • Geert Wilders as Writer

Themes

  • islam

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Key facts

Written by
Geert Wilders
Music by
Edvard Grieg , Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Distributed by
LiveLeak
Release date
27 March 2008 ( 2008-03-27 )
Running time
17 minutes
Country
Netherlands
Languages
Dutch , English , Arabic , Persian , Turkish

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
short film
Country of origin
Netherlands
Original language
Persian
Main subject
propaganda
Screenwriter
Geert Wilders
Duration
17
FilmAffinity ID
709903
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Encyclopedic overview

Fitna (Arabic: فِتْنَة) is a 2008 short film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders. Approximately 17 minutes in length, the film attempts to demonstrate that the Qur'an motivates its followers to hate all who violate Islamic teachings. The film shows selected excerpts from Surahs of the Qur'an, interspersed with media clips and newspaper cuttings showing or describing acts of violence by Muslims worldwide.

The film argues that Islam encourages – among other things – acts of terrorism, antisemitism, violence against women, violence against LGBT people and against infidels – as well as subjugation of all infidels: Islamic universalism. A large part of the film details the influence of Islam on the Netherlands. The film was published on the Internet in 2008. Shortly before its release, its announcement was suspended from its website by the American provider because of the perceived controversy. It stirred a still continuing debate in the Netherlands as well as abroad.

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