Fitna

Does it matter if the Geert Wilders movie doesn't appear? The movie has already appeared. That is, a number of movies have already appeared that do exactly the same thing that Geert Wilders promised his movie would do. They show excerpts from the Qur'an, Hadith, and Sira, and then show Muslim behavior, making the link between the texts (and tenets) and what Muslims say or do.
Even if the movie exists, its value should not be misapprehended. As Robert Spencer notes, the damage to Islam has been inflicted by Muslims themselves. Their attempts to limit the exercise of Western freedom of speech by Western Man in Western countries, should be a permanent lesson. And some of the Muslims are beginning to realize this themselves -- note those Muslims who with pretend equanimity (murderous hatred and fury being controlled) commented on Magdi Allam's public conversion. They are beginning to see that the time is not yet ripe to be as aggressive as they someday will be, if the Infidels continue to diminish in numbers, and the Muslims to gain.
I suspect the movie does exist. But I also think those who expect it to contain something utterly amazing will be disappointed. It doesn't. It contains exactly what you can find, every day at a thousand websites, or find on DVD's. It's merely a matter of what gets attention. And attention, thanks to Muslims, that movie most definitely has got.

Posted on 03/24/2008 2:48 PM by Hugh Fitzgerald