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An Exaggerated Film on Muslim Incitement

Manfred Gerstenfeld

Less than 24 hours after the "Fitna" (strife) documentary was posted on the Internet, one third of the Dutch population had seen it. The film, made by Geert Wilders, addresses extreme violence, incitement and hatred emanating from the Muslim world.

The movie's strength is the cumulative effect of mass murders, incitement and hatred all shown within a few minutes and all resulting from the same worldview.

Where it goes radically wrong is by suggesting that the Koran must necessarily lead to these crimes and that all Islam is violent.

Its reprehensible exaggeration makes Wilders and the movie an easy target for criticism, creating a heyday for appeasers and deniers. He has squandered part of his unique opportunity to expose the Muslim violence issue effectively and concisely worldwide.

To put it another way - if you did to the movie Fitna what Wilders has suggested doing to the Koran, namely tearing out a big section of it - you would be left with a film you could call "Examples of Islamist terrorism and the parts of the Koran that support it." Such a film might have some value.

Posted on 03 April 2008 @ 20:34