Anyone seen Fitna?

Do ye remember the short film yer man Wilders was going to release? Many were expecting (some with eager anticipation) a massive backlash from the Muslim community, but aside from a few censorings and some economic embargoing the response has been quite muted. I guess 'they' learned not to fall into that particular trap.

If you haven't seen it, there's quite a detailed summary on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitna_%28film%29

I thought this was quite interesting. Wilders was having trouble broadcasting the film so

Quote :

On March 22, the Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Association (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.^[11][12] Wilders declined, quoted as saying "No way, NMO.

Haven't seen the film yet but mean to soon.

Also, read Garton Ash's article yesterday on this but havent had time to read the comments yet -

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/apr/10/islam.religion

Have seen it. Am not impressed. To me, it's a piece of racist propaganda. The film opens with a quote from the Koran. This quote pupports to suggest that Muslims must arm themselves and butcher their enemies. In reality however, this quote is truncated. The real quote suggests that Muslims should amass as much force as possible to facilitate getting the best possible deal when suing for peace (a show of arms to show the alternative to peace). After that it's all mush that attempts to bypass the intellect and set aflame the passions. I'd say this piece of tripe has more in common with the bowel than the heart.

I'm neither a Muslim nor a Christian. And I'd not have a lot of good to say about either religion. What I'd have to say on either religion would not be said to demean or to promote hatred. That cannot be said of Fitna, in my opinion.