To Həll with FITNA!


Hey guys don’t get frightened, it’s me- Aouni -speaking English. It’s a must, as aouniat.com will be targeting the Western minds as well. You should expect me to be ‘injecting’ the blog with English words from time to time. So viola! Let us then discuss FITNA.

You’ve heard about it. Fitna is a 2008 short film by Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders. I’ve downloaded it two days ago & watched it, wasting, for the sake of nothingness, 20 minutes of my precious life!

Looking at the film from the ‘above’ I noticed:
1- It focuses mainly on Jews, picturing them as the “lamb of God” .. backing up more support to them in stealing our lands and slaughtering our people.
2- Linking the film with the September 11 incident is a clever tactical move, but not to the people who know that Sep 11 is a mere joke.
3- The ‘cut & past’ technique is being exploited to the maximum to fulfill the prematurely baked ideas of the director.
4- The ‘logic’ of Al-Qaeda is being pictured as the official representative of Islam.
5- Women had a share in the film, being pictured in Muslim societies as bloody animals. Something which the film missed to mention was that we have them for dinner too!
6- In order not to lose gays and lesbians’ emotions, the film defends their right to live freely and happily without any annoyance - by Islam.

I am glad that Muslims’ reaction against the film was this time positive. Actually و إذا خاطبهم الجاهلون قالوا سلاما ..

Maurits Berger, professor of Islam in the West at Leiden University, didn’t seem to be too shocked by Fitna. “It’s a series of images and photos, headlines from recent years which we already know,” adding that the short film tells more about Wilders than the Koran. “It represents his fear of Islam.”

Mohamed Rabbae, chairman of the National Moroccan Council in The Netherlands, told the Associated Press that “on the one hand, this is less bad than we thought he was going to do. But he also gives the impression the Quran justifies violence, and that is really wrong.” (Note: Rabbae had not seen the film, yet.)

Prominant figures who appear in the Film:
1- Sheik A’ed Al-Qarni
2- Sheik Al-Qaradawi
3- Pres. Ahmadi Najad
4- Ayatollah Khamen’e

Towards the end, the film warns that the number of Muslims in Europe has reached 54 million. Then it closes by the call for “Stop Islamism. Defend our freedom.”

In fact, the film didn’t move any ‘piece’ of emotion or reason within me. It only proved to me how people sometimes tend to speak from their as**s! There is much to talk about, but guess what? it doesn’t deserve it. I wish I didn’t write this post!

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ما فهمت ولا شي من الي انت كاتبه

أخي العزيز، نوهت في التدوينة في الأعلى أن مدونة عونيات ستخصص ما ما يُكتب باللغة الإنكليزية من مقالات من حين لآخر، لأن المدونة ستخاطب الغرب أيضا. و لا مانع منا نحن العرب أن نتثقف باللغة الإنكليزية حتى نتقنها فتكون السلاح الذي نرفعه في وجه أي صوت متطرف في الغرب، كصوت البرلماني الهولندي الذي أخرج فيلم فتنة مؤخرا و الذي كان موضع نقاش هذه التدوينة. لذلك لا عليك ربما مع الوقت تتعود على فهم اللغة .. و إنما العلم بالتعلم.

First ,Muslims should blame themselves

Salam brother,
In my point of view, we all should discuss these issues, as “they” always do. Every one of us should ask himself/herself how they dare to attack Islam nowadays? We are the only who neglect to inform our Prophet message to them, even in our manners, especially those people who live abroad should present Islam perfectly.
Otherwise, this film is only a motive for those people who want to know the truth to search and read about Islam, then Allah will open this door of gaudiness.

Keep up writing brother, you have a good talent 

لم أشاهد الفلم ولن أشاهده …

ناهيك عن كل شيئ وعن حديثهم عن الاسلام … لماذا يمثلون شخصيات معروفة .. لا يدعو هذا لمقاضاتهم دولياً ..

على كل حال أظن أن هذا الفلم او هذه الحملة بشكل عام هي لنا لا علينا … عندما سيفكر عقلاء الغرب ما هو الاسلام وسيسألون عنه … آمل ان يجدوا من يعرفوهم به بالشكل الصحيح .. .

عندي تسائل غريب وأظن وكما فهمت من التدوينة ان جوابه غير موجود ..
لماذا قاموا بتسمية الفلم “fitna”??

شكراً عوني استمتعت بالقراءة و استعنت بالمترجم كذلك الذي قمت بتنزيله من هنا : D

I would like to share this comment with you which I made two months ago here. I wish it adds something useful to this article.

Guys, first thank you Andre (the author of the above article) for being honest and reasonable in what you’ve presented. I do agree with Mohammad (one of the commentators) that Palestine is the central issue from which most of the Arab-Western conflicts emerge.

What many Westerns may not know is that it’s not about Hamas or Hizbullah, but every single Arab/Muslim stands against Israel in some way — even those who live a secular life.

The film Fitna plays on this issue in a tactical way. It “cuts & pastes” verses from the Qur’an which picture Muslims as blood thirsty for killing Jews & that is complete nonsense. Jews and Christians have been living in the Arab world for centuries. They even got their own laws and the right to govern themselves — see the history of Lebanon under the Ottoman reign. Maybe there were times which rules were broken — that’s how life goes on.

Wilders did as well connect the film immediately to Sep 11 - a move to grab the American public opinion to his side. But to me, Sep 11 is a maneuvering show to get into Iraq and monopolise its black gold - oil. Saddam Hussein didn’t have nuclear weapons!

In short, much of what is REALLY going on in the world is being blurred. We here, in the Middle East, live somehow a life which is completely alien to the one depicted in Fitna.

One word I say to the world: Open your eyes!

It’s not worthy to give this film more than it deserves … but what’s worthy is discussing it because it makes the western thoughts obvious to us all … And that is what we need to change not without talking but with actions !
You know why they attack Islam and muslims ?! The reason is not what they know about as their deeds show a great lack of knowledge … but because Islam is perfect and great …
We can’t say that all west doesn’t know anything about Islam … On contrary you can find those who are caring for knowing Islam and Muslims … So we shall differentiate between our enemies and our friends … But the most important thing is our actions towards others and the world …
And we may pray God for reinforcing justice and truth …
Thnks brother for this topic

#الساحرة الصغيرة→ Hey little witch!

I am glad that some one is sharing me his thoughts in the English posts which I add to the blog. I strongly agree with you that actions are more effective than words, and exactly, I agree that Western people lack much of knowledge about our life in the Arab World. I think that is due to one main reason: the Western media, which distorts most of the truth. No wonder as far as it has a political agenda!

Thanks again & you’re welcome, sis :)
salam.

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