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Article: Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration Dutch politician, put together a 15-minute film, Fitna (Arabic for "ordeal" or "civil strife"), on the unpeaceful nature of the religion of peace.(The Week)(Brief article)
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 21, 2008
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Geert Wilders, an anti-immigration Dutch politician, put together a 15-minute film, Fitna (Arabic for "ordeal" or "civil strife"), on the unpeaceful nature of the religion of peace. Shots of imams making bloodthirsty statements are intercut with bloody footage of victims of jihadist and sharia enforcers. The Dutch government denounced the film, though it pointed out that Holland guarantees freedom of speech. Internet service providers, for whom speech is a business, backed and filled: Network Solutions took Fitna down in response to complaints; LiveLeak took it down, citing ...