A report on Fitna (film)
2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders.
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Geert Wilders
5 linksDutch politician who has led the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV) since he founded it in 2006.
Dutch politician who has led the Party for Freedom (Partij voor de Vrijheid – PVV) since he founded it in 2006.
His controversial 2008 film featuring his views on Islam, Fitna, received international attention and extreme criticism.
Party for Freedom
2 linksNationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.
Nationalist, right-wing populist political party in the Netherlands.
In 2008, the Friends of the Party of Freedom commissioned a producer, who acted under the name of "Scarlet Pimpernel Productions", a pseudonym adopted out of fear of reprisal, to produce Fitna (فِتْنَةٌ), a short film by Geert Wilders.
International reactions to Fitna
3 linksThe international reaction to Fitna consisted of condemnation from Muslims, several fatwa against Geert Wilders, and attempts by many Islamic countries to censor the film.
Islam in the Netherlands
2 linksSecond largest religion in the Netherlands, after Christianity, and is practised by 5% of the population according to 2018 estimates.
Second largest religion in the Netherlands, after Christianity, and is practised by 5% of the population according to 2018 estimates.
In the years after 2006 radical activities diminished despite continued military presence by Dutch forces in Afghanistan and material deemed provocative by Muslims, such as Geert Wilder's film Fitna.
Kurt Westergaard
2 linksDanish cartoonist.
Danish cartoonist.
Following the release of Dutch politician Geert Wilders' film Fitna in 2008, which used Westergaard's cartoon without permission, Westergaard made a cartoon depicting Wilders with a bomb and a sign which reads: "Danger! Freedom of expression".
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
2 linksThe Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Muhammedkrisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.
The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Muhammedkrisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published 12 editorial cartoons on 30 September 2005, most of which depicted Muhammad, a principal figure of the religion of Islam.
Fitna, 2008 Dutch film about Islam, which led to worldwide Muslim protests and a hate speech trial
Arab European League
1 linksPan-Arabist political organisation active in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Pan-Arabist political organisation active in Belgium and the Netherlands.
The organization also responds to issues of concern to Muslims, as with its creation of a short film Al Mouftinoun in response to the film Fitna.
Malcolm Pearson, Baron Pearson of Rannoch
1 linksBritish businessman and former Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
British businessman and former Leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP).
In February 2009, Lord Pearson and cross-bencher Baroness Cox invited the Dutch Freedom Party leader, Geert Wilders, to show the anti-Islam film Fitna before the House of Lords.
Salah Edin
0 linksDutch Moroccan ex-rapper and actor.
Dutch Moroccan ex-rapper and actor.
Politician Geert Wilders (of the PVV) used a photograph of Edin for his 2008 film Fitna which was critical of the spread of Islam in Europe and worldwide.
Mahmoud Asgari and Ayaz Marhoni
0 linksMahmoud Asgari, and Ayaz Marhoni , were Iranian teenagers from the province of Khorasan who were publicly hanged on July 19, 2005.
Mahmoud Asgari, and Ayaz Marhoni , were Iranian teenagers from the province of Khorasan who were publicly hanged on July 19, 2005.
A photograph of the teens' execution has been used for various purposes: Dutch right-wing political figure Geert Wilders used it in his short film Fitna as a warning of what would happen to gays in a dystopian future in which Muslims rule the Netherlands, and it has been misrepresented in social media as Palestinians rather than Iranians hanging homosexuals.