Fitna (film)

The Friends of the Party for Freedom (PVV) foundation commissioned the film. It contracted a production company credited in the film as "Scarlet Pimpernel Productions", a pseudonym adopted out of fear of reprisal.{{cite news|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article524165.ece/Rapper_wil_25.000_euro_van_Wilders|title=Rapper wil 25.000 euro van Wilders|newspaper=de Volkskrant|date=2008-04-07|access-date=2008-04-08|agency=Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409034828/http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article524165.ece/Rapper_wil_25.000_euro_van_Wilders|archive-date=2008-04-09|url-status=live}} In fact large parts of the documentary Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West written by Wayne Kopping and Raphael Shore were copied.{{cite web|url=http://www.vn.nl/Archief/Politiek/Artikel-Politiek/De-Israelconnectie-van-Geert-Wilders.htm|title=De Israël-connectie van Geert Wilders|work=Vrij Nederland|access-date=2009-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820070448/http://www.vn.nl/Archief/Politiek/Artikel-Politiek/De-Israelconnectie-van-Geert-Wilders.htm|archive-date=2011-08-20|url-status=live}} Both films have been described as part of the counter-jihad movement.{{cite book|url=https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/files/192414854/Aked_Jones_Miller_Counterjihad_report_2019.pdf|last1=Aked|first1=H.|last2=Jones|first2=M.|last3=Miller|first3=D.|year=2019|title=Islamophobia in Europe: How governments are enabling the far-right 'counter-jihad' movement|series=Public Interest Investigations|publisher=University of Bristol|page=16|isbn=9780957027497|hdl=1983/cd525157-683a-493b-b27f-9a5ffbca312c|hdl-access=free}}

The exact nature of Fitna{{'}}s release was uncertain up until its official launch. This was due to concerns of the legality of its content and anticipated acts of terrorism. The Dutch press centre Nieuwspoort offered to release the film, on the condition that Wilders would pay for the increased security required during the press conference and the weeks after it. Wilders declined to do so, citing prohibitive costs.{{Cite web|url=http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/180969/Film-Wilders-niet-in-Nieuwspoort.html|title=Film Wilders niet in Nieuwspoort|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=de Pers, Netherlands|date=2008-03-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405175753/http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/180969/Film-Wilders-niet-in-Nieuwspoort.html|archive-date=2008-04-05}}

Having failed to successfully negotiate a transmission of the film with any Dutch television station,{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/pr/080229-dutch-press-review|title=Press Review 29 February 2008|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-02-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214100802/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/pr/080229-dutch-press-review|archive-date=14 February 2009}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5672213/Dutch-television-stations-refuse-antiQuran-film|title=Dutch television stations refuse anti-Qur'an film|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080627123727/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5672213/Dutch-television-stations-refuse-antiQuran-film |archive-date=2008-06-27}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article510239.ece/Geen_enkele_omroep_wil_film_Wilders_uitzenden|title=Geen enkele omroep wil film Wilders uitzenden|access-date=2008-04-01|newspaper=de Volkskrant, Netherlands|date=2008-03-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401015515/http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article510239.ece/Geen_enkele_omroep_wil_film_Wilders_uitzenden|archive-date=2008-04-01|url-status=live}} Wilders created a website, www.fitnathemovie.com, on 5 March 2008 with the intention of releasing the film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5670625/Wilders-film-website-goes-online|title= Wilders' film website goes online|access-date=2008-04-01 |newspaper=de Volkskrant, Netherlands|date=2008-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309154502/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5670625/Wilders-film-website-goes-online |archive-date=2008-03-09}}{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL2243365220080322|title=Dutch protest against Islam critic's Koran film|access-date=2008-04-01|work=Reuters|date=2008-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403084719/http://uk.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUKL2243365220080322|archive-date=2008-04-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1437141720080314?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|title=Dutch draw on past crises to deal with Islam film Page 2, "As no broadcaster has agreed to show it, it is expected to be released on the Internet on March 28."|access-date=2008-04-01|work=Reuters|date=2008-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090111081414/http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1437141720080314?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|archive-date=2009-01-11|url-status=live}} However, this was subsequently suspended (see below).

On 22 March, the Dutch Muslim Broadcasting Association (NMO) [nl] offered to air the film, on the proviso that it could be previewed for any possible illegal material and that Wilders would take part in a debate with proponents and opponents afterwards.{{Cite news|url=http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/184963/Moslimomroep-wil-Fitna-uitzenden.html|title=Moslimomroep kandidaat voor Fitna|date=2008-03-22|access-date=2008-03-28|first=Ana|last=Karadarevic|work=De Pers|language=nl|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331235435/http://www.depers.nl/binnenland/184963/Moslimomroep-wil-Fitna-uitzenden.html|archive-date=2008-03-31}} Wilders declined, quoted as saying "No way, NMO."{{cite news|url=http://spitsnet.nl/nieuws.php/1/13222/online|title=Wilders: ,,No way, NMO|date= 2008-03-24|access-date=2008-03-28|work=Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau}}

Wilders released the film on 27 March 2008 on the video website LiveLeak.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|title=Dutch lawmaker's film criticizing Islam finds Web host|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=CNN|date=2008-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402231223/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|archive-date=2008-04-02|url-status=live}} The following day, LiveLeak removed the film from their servers after receiving threats that they described as being "of a very serious nature".{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/28/fitna.reaction/|title=Film critical of Islam dropped from Web site|access-date=2008-04-01|publisher=CNN|date=2008-03-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402231259/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/28/fitna.reaction/|archive-date=2008-04-02|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5708071/Threats-push-antiQuran-film-Fitna-offline|title=Threats push anti-Qur'an film Fitna offline|access-date=2008-04-01 |publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331183255/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5708071/Threats-push-antiQuran-film-Fitna-offline |archive-date=2008-03-31}}{{cite news|url=http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000505|title=Anti-Islamic Film Taken Offline Following Threats|first=Thomas|last=Claburn|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-28|work=InformationWeek|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402230226/http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000505|archive-date=2008-04-02|url-status=live}} The film soon appeared on various BitTorrent and video sharing websites.{{cite news|url=https://www.jpost.com/Health-and-Sci-Tech/Internet-And-Technology/Digital-World-The-fit-over-Fitna|title=Digital World: The fit over 'Fitna'|date=2008-04-01|access-date=2023-01-10|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|first=David|last=Shamah}}

LiveLeak reinstated Fitna on 30 March, after security upgrades offering increased protection to its staff had been implemented.{{cite news|url=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080401-127615/Anti-Islam-film-back-on-LiveLeak-website|title=Anti-Islam film back on LiveLeak website|date=2008-04-01|access-date=2008-04-01|agency=Agence France-Presse|newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409074122/http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/world/view/20080401-127615/Anti-Islam-film-back-on-LiveLeak-website|archive-date=2008-04-09}} Soon after, Wilders withdrew the film to make some minor edits, such as removing the copyrighted Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1377232|title=Dutch Lawmaker to Edit Anti-Quran Film|access-date=2008-04-02|agency=Associated Press|publisher=WTOP-FM|date=2008-04-01|first=Toby|last=Sterling|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611210436/http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1377232|archive-date=2011-06-11|url-status=live}} Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist, was pleased with the news and believed the lawsuit would be dropped. In September 2008, Wilders agreed to pay Westergaard 7500 euros for using his Jyllands-Posten cartoon without permission.{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/Templates/NewsArticle.aspx?NRMODE=Published&NRNODEGUID=%7BF5795B17-FC7F-4BA9-ACFB-B8ADDD0AD3F2%7D&NRORIGINALURL=%2FNyheder%2FIndland%2F2008%2F09%2F04%2F140413.htm%3Fwbc_purpose%3D%252BWAITFOR%252BDELAY%252B00%253A00%253A20%252B--&NRCACHEHINT=Guest&wbc_purpose=%2BWAITFOR%2BDELAY%2B00%3A00%3A20%2B--|publisher=Indland|date=2008-09-04|title=Geert Wilders betaler for Muhammedtegning|language=da |access-date=2010-02-26}}

A revised edition, containing a new cartoon in place of the contentious one, and a corrected picture of Bouyeri, was released on LiveLeak on 6 April.{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5721349/Thousands-demonstrate-against-IFitnaI-in-Karachi|title=Thousands demonstrate against Fitna in Karachi|access-date=2008-04-06|publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-04-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411060154/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5721349/Thousands-demonstrate-against-IFitnaI-in-Karachi |archive-date=2008-04-11}}

On 14 December 2008, a conference entitled "Facing Jihad" was organized at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. Geert Wilders, Aryeh Eldad, Robert Spencer, Itamar Marcus, Daniel Pipes, Shlomo Sharan, and John David Lewis were in attendance. During the conference, Fitna was put on view and distributed to all conference attendees; it was announced that it would be shown in several European parliaments. The Ruder Finn PR company organized the conference and set up the group's website,{{cite web|url=http://www.ruderfinn.co.il/our-clients/clients-and-partners.html|title=Finn Partners Israel|work=FinnPartners.com|access-date=2009-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205143818/http://www.ruderfinn.co.il/our-clients/clients-and-partners.html|archive-date=2009-02-05|url-status=live}} and are also actively distributing the film. Finn distributed the film for free.

The film shows a selection of Suras from the Qur'an, interspersed with newspaper clippings and media clips with The Arabian Dance and Åses død as an underscore.{{cite news|url=http://www.nrc.nl/international/article1028543.ece/Fitna_the_Movie_not_hyperbole_or_metaphor_but_repetition|title=Fitna the Movie: not hyperbole or metaphor but repetition|first=Bas|last=Blokker|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-28|work=NRC Handelsblad|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403062400/http://www.nrc.nl/international/article1028543.ece/Fitna_the_Movie_not_hyperbole_or_metaphor_but_repetition|archive-date=2008-04-03|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/342114/cs/1/|title=Film by Dutch Islam critic released online|work=Malaysia Sun|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-04-01|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131100621/http://story.malaysiasun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/342114/cs/1/|archive-date=2009-01-31}}

Wilders described the film as a push for a leidcultuur, a culture that "draws on Christian, Jewish, humanistic traditions and that poses a challenge to the Islamic problem".{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,544347,00.html|title=SPIEGEL Interview with Dutch Populist Geert Wilders: 'Moderate Islam Is a Contradiction'|date=2008-03-31|access-date=2008-03-31|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|work=Der Spiegel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402015102/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,544347,00.html|archive-date=2008-04-02|url-status=live}}

File:Fitna surah 8 verse 60.png is shown next to a video of the attacks of September 11.]]

Suras are juxtaposed to video clips of imams stating Islamic teaching, and videos of violent atrocities committed in the name of Islam, including major terrorist attacks.{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-as-antiislam-film-spreads-across-internet/2008/03/28/1206207408587.html|title=Controversy as anti-Islam film spreads across internet|first=Gregory|last=Crouch|date=2008-03-29|access-date=2008-03-28|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330202028/http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/controversy-as-antiislam-film-spreads-across-internet/2008/03/28/1206207408587.html|archive-date=2008-03-30|url-status=live}}

The first Sura of the film, Al-Anfal verse 60,{{Cite quran|8|60|expand=no}} is translated as: {{Blockquote|Prepare for them whatever force and cavalry ye are able of gathering, to strike terror, to strike terror into the hearts of the enemies, of Allah and your enemies.}}Footage of the September 11 attacks is shown, followed by the Madrid train bombings.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/28/netherlands.islam|title=Dutch await reaction after MP releases film on Qur'an|first=Toby|last=Sterling|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-27|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902042634/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/28/netherlands.islam|archive-date=2013-09-02|url-status=live}} Imam Abu Hamza al-Masri rises above the smoke and declares "Allah is happy when non-muslims get killed." Stills taken from the 7 July 2005 London bombings show an exploded bus and the underground train.

The next Sura, An-Nisa verse 56,{{Cite quran|4|56|expand=no}} is shown as a justification for Islamic antisemitism. Sheikh Bakr Al-Samarai is shown raising a sword while declaring: "If Allah permits us, O nation of Mohammed, even the stone will say O Muslim. A Jew is hiding behind me, come and cut off his head. And we shall cut off his head! By Allah, we shall cut it off! O Jews! Allahu Akbar! Jihad for the sake of Allah!"{{cite web|url=http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sr&ID=SR01303|title=Friday Sermons on Iraqi TV: October 2002 – March 2003|first=Steven|last=Stalinsky|date=2008-04-04|access-date=2008-03-30|work=MEMRI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080408193535/http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sr&ID=SR01303|archive-date=2008-04-08|url-status=live}} An auditorium of several hundred people respond with approving chants and fist shaking.{{cite news|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125728|title=Arutz Sheva Posts Censored "Fitna" Movie Explaining Islam|first=Hillel|last=Fendel|work=Israel National News|date=2008-03-30|access-date=2008-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403031119/http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125728|archive-date=2008-04-03|url-status=live}}

Following this, a three-year-old Muslim girl, says that Jews are "apes and pigs"{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543853,00.html|title=Right-Wing Populist Wilders Releases Anti-Koran Film|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-31|work=Der Spiegel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080401073710/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543853,00.html|archive-date=2008-04-01|url-status=live}} in an interview on Iqraa TV.{{Cite web|url=http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/924.htm|title=3-Year-old Egyptian Basmallah: Jews Are Apes and Pigs|access-date=2008-03-28|publisher=memritv.org|date=2002-05-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219015327/http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/924.htm|archive-date=2008-02-19|url-status=live}}

Sura 47, verse 4{{Cite quran|47|4|expand=no}} is shown in relation to the murder of Dutch film director Theo Van Gogh, committed by Mohammed Bouyeri. Bouyeri is reported as saying: "If I had the opportunity to get out of prison, and I had the opportunity to do it again, what I did on November 2nd, Allah I would have done exactly the same".{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article543212.ece|work=The Times|title=Muslim radical confesses to Van Gogh killing in court tirade|date=2005-07-12|access-date=2008-03-29|first=Anthony|last=Browne|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218185644/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article543212.ece|archive-date=2007-02-18|url-status=dead}} Protesters are shown supporting Van Gogh's murder, warning others to heed the lesson or "pay with your blood".

Dutch newspaper headlines are reproduced, outlining intimidating threats of murder to prominent critics of Islam, followed by footage of Eugene Armstrong's beheading. Armstrong's disembodied head is shown held up by Al-Qaeda terrorists.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/international/middleeast/20CND-IRAQ.html|title=Militants in Iraq Behead U.S. Hostage and Threaten 2 Others|access-date=2008-03-30|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2004-09-20|first=Edward|last=Wong|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510212107/http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/international/middleeast/20CND-IRAQ.html|archive-date=2013-05-10|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543378,00.html|title=Taking a Cue from the Danish Cartoon Scandal|first=Jyette|last=Klausen|work=Der Spiegel|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328212148/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543378,00.html|archive-date=2008-03-28|url-status=live}}

File:Fitna Ali Meshkini Friday Sermon 2004-07-02.png speaks at a Friday sermon, declaring "Islam is a religion that wants to rule the world. It has done so before and eventually, will rule it again".{{cite news|url=http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/148.htm|title=Ayatollah Meshkini In A Friday Sermon in Qom: An Islamic Rule Under Ayatollah Sistani Is Required in|work=MEMRI|date=2004-07-02|access-date=2008-03-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513081448/http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/148.htm|archive-date=2008-05-13|url-status=live}}]]The final Sura used in the film is Quran 8:39:{{Cite quran|8|39|expand=no}} {{Blockquote|Fight them until there is no dissension, and the religion is entirely Allah's.{{cite news|url=http://www.bosnewslife.com/middle-east/egypt/3527-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-fitna-film-i|title=News Alert: Christians Anxious As Fitna Film Is Posted Online|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-29|work=BosNewsLife News Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120003303/http://www.bosnewslife.com/middle-east/egypt/3527-news-alert-christians-anxious-as-fitna-film-i|archive-date=2008-11-20|url-status=live}}}}

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran is quoted as saying:

{{Blockquote|The message of the [Iranian] Revolution is global, and is not restricted to a specific place or time. Have no doubt... Allah willing, Islam will conquer what? It will conquer all the mountain tops of the world.{{cite news|url=http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP94505|title=Iran's New President Glorifies Martyrdom|date=2005-06-29|access-date=2008-03-28|work=MEMRI|first=Al-Sharq|last=Al-Awsat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409065449/http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=archives&Area=sd&ID=SP94505|archive-date=2008-04-09|url-status=live}}}}

Ibrahim Mudeiris is seen speaking to a congregation. He says: "We have ruled the world before, and by Allah, the day will come when we will rule the entire world again! The day will come when we will rule America. The day will come when we rule Britain and the entire world!" Abdul Rahman Saleem speaks in English: "You will take over the USA! You will take over the UK! You will take over Europe! You will defeat them all! You will get victory! You will take over Egypt! We trust in Allah!"{{cite news|url=http://hstoday.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2603&Itemid=128|title=Web Host Bans Film on Islamists|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-29|first=Anthony|last=Kimery|work=Homeland Security Today|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150127184235/http://hstoday.us/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2603&Itemid=128|archive-date=2015-01-27}} Demonstrators outside the Danish embassy to Britain are shown holding signs that read: "Islam will dominate the world" and "Freedom go to hell".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4682262.stm|title=Cartoon protest slogans condemned|access-date=2008-03-31|work=BBC News|date=2006-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012172653/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4682262.stm|archive-date=2007-10-12|url-status=live}}

File:Fitna future netherlands women 2.png.]]

The final segment of the film deals with issues related to Islam in the Netherlands, under the heading: "The Netherlands under the spell of Islam". These issues include opposition to democracy, Islamic views on homosexuality and women's treatment in Islam.{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbdWDY3d2pIF8SJM8-HhVKSIJz3wD8VMMVG80|title=Muslims Denounce Film Criticizing Islam|first=Toby|last=Sterling|date=2008-03-29|access-date=2008-03-28|agency=Associated Press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130124173441/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gbdWDY3d2pIF8SJM8-HhVKSIJz3wD8VMMVG80|archive-date=2013-01-24}}

An unidentified person claims that "The mosque will be part of the system of the government of Holland", in an apparent refusal to accept liberal democracy. Wilders juxtaposes a newspaper headline "Cabinet: no ban on burqa" against a Muslim woman fully covered up. A graph illustrating the number of Muslims in the Netherlands since 1909 is shown against a background of Muslim women.{{cite news|url=http://www.huliq.com/55136/antiislam-movie-fitna-leaked-online|title=Anti-Islam Movie Fitna Leaked Online|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-29|work=HULIQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731055749/http://www.huliq.com/55136/antiislam-movie-fitna-leaked-online|archive-date=2008-07-31|url-status=live}} Dutch police are shown removing their shoes before entering a mosque. A Dutch Muslim expresses his desire to enact an honour killing, if his mother or sister commits zina, the Islamic concept of extramarital sex. Another condemns homosexuality, saying "Islam considers something like that a crime".

A postcard is shown, ostensibly from the Netherlands, with pictures of mosques in place of visitor attractions, with the words "Groeten uit Nederland" ("Greetings from the Netherlands") superimposed.{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543864,00.html|title=Wilders Sparks Political Protest|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-28|work=Der Spiegel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331024420/http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,543864,00.html|archive-date=2008-03-31|url-status=live}}

Audio recordings that are said to have been taken from mosques in the Netherlands show Imams denouncing political parties, "worldly concepts like liberalism [and] democracy". Another states that female adulterers must be "stoned" to death, even when the man commits the adultery. A graphic image of gays being hanged, under Sharia law is a depiction of a possible future dystopian Netherlands.{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article546754.ece|title=Public execution for the teenagers convicted of rape|access-date=2008-03-28|newspaper=The Times, London|date=2005-07-22|location=London|first=Our|last=Foreign|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302120245/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article546754.ece|archive-date=2007-03-02|url-status=dead}} A series of clips show female genital cutting,{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23444763-23109,00.html|title=Dutch MP posts anti-Islam film|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-31|work=News Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090302065543/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23444763-23109,00.html|archive-date=2 March 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-32721720080327?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|title=Dutch MP launches anti-Koran film on Internet - party|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-27|work=Reuters|first=Emma|last=Thomasson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403004431/http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-32721720080327?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0|archive-date=2008-04-03|url-status=dead}} a woman's disembodied head lying on a floor,{{cite news|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DBA6F1A2-E0B1-4E1E-BA92-6E19BFCEE98B.htm|title=Dutch Quran film website shut down|date=2008-03-22|access-date=2008-03-31|work=Al Jazeera English|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080327174132/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DBA6F1A2-E0B1-4E1E-BA92-6E19BFCEE98B.htm|archive-date=2008-03-27|url-status=live}} and a burqa-clad woman being shot through the head by a man.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703722.html?hpid=moreheadlines|title=Online, a Violent View of Islam|first=Molly|last=Moore|newspaper=Washington Post|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112191936/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/27/AR2008032703722.html?hpid=moreheadlines|archive-date=2012-11-12|url-status=live}}

Finally, a succession of newspaper headlines are shown, containing stories related to Islam in the Netherlands, their views, actions, ambitions and politics. Some verified headlines are:

• "Sudanese demand execution of British 'miss teddy bear{{'"}} (see Sudanese teddy bear blasphemy case)
• "Almost half of young Moroccans anti-Western"{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article319760.ece/Bijna_helft_jonge_Marokkanen_antiwesters|title=Bijna helft jonge Marokkanen antiwesters|access-date=2008-03-28|newspaper=De Volkskrant, Nederland|date=2006-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328020804/http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article319760.ece/Bijna_helft_jonge_Marokkanen_antiwesters|archive-date=2008-03-28|url-status=live}}
• "Throw gays from tall buildings"{{Cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article179512.ece|title=Islam-gids: 'Gooi homo's van hoge gebouwen'|access-date=2008-03-28 |newspaper=De Volkskrant, Nederland|date=2004-04-22}}
• "Al-Qaeda proclaims death penalty Jihad against Wilders"{{Cite web|url=http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5660323/Wilders-death-threats-confirmed|title= Wilders death threats confirmed|access-date=2008-03-28 |publisher=Radio Netherlands Worldwide|date=2008-02-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080302035335/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/news/international/5660323/Wilders-death-threats-confirmed |archive-date = 2008-03-02}}

The film ends with a hand seen gripping a page of the Qur'an and a call to action from Wilders to defeat "Islamic ideology", likening it to Communism and Nazism.{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|title=Dutch lawmaker's film criticizing Islam finds Web host|first=Samira|last=Simone|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-28|work=CNN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402231223/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/27/islam.film/|archive-date=2008-04-02|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f422f4d8-fc68-11dc-9229-000077b07658.html|title=Dutch MP releases anti-Koran film|first=Michael|last=Steen|work=Financial Times|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-28}}

File:Fitna surah 4 verse 56.png, translated here as: "Those who have disbelieved our signs, we shall roast them in fire. Whenever their skins are cooked to a turn, we shall substitute new skins for them, that they may feel the punishment; Verily Allah is sublime and wise."]]

The following Suras are mentioned in Fitna in order of appearance.{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=4544952&page=1|title=Uproar Over Anti-Islam Film Falls Flat|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-29|first=Rehab|last=El-Buri|work=ABC News|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330155058/https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4544952&page=1|archive-date=2008-03-30|url-status=live}} The translation is from Pickthall's The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. Only the passages marked as bold are included in the quotations in the film, while the related passages are omitted.

Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) Q8:60–61

Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom ye know not. Allah knoweth them. Whatsoever ye spend in the way of Allah it will be repaid to you in full, and ye will not be wronged. And if they incline to peace, incline thou also to it, and trust in Allah. Lo! He, even He, is the Hearer, the Knower.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=008%3A60%E2%80%9361 |title=Pickthall 8:60–61 |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305091515/http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=008:60%E2%80%9361 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |url-status=live }}

An-Nisa (The Women) Q4:56–57

Lo! Those who disbelieve Our revelations, We shall expose them to the Fire. As often as their skins are consumed We shall exchange them for fresh skins that they may taste the torment. Lo! Allah is ever Mighty, Wise.

And as for those who believe and do good works, We shall make them enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow – to dwell therein for ever; there for them are pure companions—and We shall make them enter plenteous shade.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=004%3A56%E2%80%9357 |title=Pickthall 4:56–57 |access-date=2019-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214913/http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=004:56%E2%80%9357 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=live }}

Muhammad (Muhammad) Q47:4

Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens. That (is the ordinance). And if Allah willed He could have punished them (without you) but (thus it is ordained) that He may try some of you by means of others. And those who are slain in the way of Allah, He rendereth not their actions vain.{{Cite web |url=http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=047:4 |title=Pickthall 47:4 |access-date=2013-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103151235/http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=047:4 |archive-date=2013-11-03 |url-status=live }}

An-Nisa (The Women) Q4:89–90

They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them,

Except those who seek refuge with a people between whom and you there is a covenant, or (those who) come unto you because their hearts forbid them to make war on you or make war on their own folk. Had Allah willed He could have given them power over you so that assuredly they would have fought you. So, if they hold aloof from you and wage not war against you and offer you peace, Allah alloweth you no way against them.{{cite web|url=http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=004:89-90|title=YaQuB: Yet Another Quran Browser|work=quranbrowser.com|access-date=2013-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103144800/http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=004:89-90|archive-date=2013-11-03|url-status=live}}

Al-Anfal (The Spoils of War) Q8:38–39

Tell those who disbelieve that if they cease (from persecution of believers) that which is past will be forgiven them; but if they return (thereto) then the example of the men of old hath already gone (before them, for a warning).

And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is all for Allah. But if they cease, then lo! Allah is Seer of what they do{{cite web|url=http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=008:38-39|title=YaQuB: Yet Another Quran Browser|work=quranbrowser.com|access-date=2013-10-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103150034/http://www.quranbrowser.com/cgi/bin/retrieve.cgi?version=pickthall+yusufali+khan+shakir+arberry&searchstring=008:38-39|archive-date=2013-11-03|url-status=live}}

The first edition used copyrighted Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons without permission. These were removed from the second edition.

Also in the first edition of the film, and removed from the second edition, when referring to the murder of Theo van Gogh a picture of the Dutch rapper Salah Edin is displayed instead of the murderer Mohammed Bouyeri.{{cite web|url=http://bieslog.vpro.nl/programma/bieslog/news.jsp?news=39416628|language=nl|title=Bieslog - DE film (2)|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-27|work=VPRO|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205172631/http://bieslog.vpro.nl/programma/bieslog/news.jsp?news=39416628|archive-date=2008-12-05}}{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,543855,00.html|title=Koranfeindliches Video veröffentlicht - Protest gegen Rechtspopulist Wilders|language=de|first=Gerald|last=Traufetter|work=Der Spiegel|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328194925/http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,543855,00.html|archive-date=2008-03-28|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3347-fitna-much-ado-about-nothing|title=Fitna, Much ado about nothing?|work=Menassat|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-28|author=Al-Tahawy, Amira|author2=Sandels, Alexandra|author3=Barotta, Rita|author4=Van Langendonck, Gert|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080404105300/http://www.menassat.com/?q=en%2Fnews-articles%2F3347-fitna-much-ado-about-nothing|archive-date=2008-04-04|url-status=live}} The picture was shot for the rapper's album 'Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie' (Netherlands' Worst Nightmare), which according to the singer's website, was shot to be 'exactly like the mugshot of convicted killer Mohamed B'.{{cite news|url=http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/34627842|title=Salah Edin legt toch eed af in treinkrant DAG|language=nl|date=2007-05-10|access-date=2008-03-27|first=Robert|last=Lagendijk|work=VPRO|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912230945/http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/34627842|archive-date=2007-09-12|url-status=live}} A 2007 article by Dutch tabloid newspaper DAG had illustrated an article about the killer with the photograph. On that occasion, Salah Edin's received an out-of-court libel settlement for the publication.[http://www.salahedin.com/news_iframe.php "News"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071101124024/http://www.salahedin.com/news_iframe.php |date=2007-11-01 }} - page on Salah Edin's website. The photo was said by the rapper to be intended to depict "the way the average white Dutch citizen sees me, as a young Moroccan Muslim radical. That's why I chose to do this picture and use it for the front cover of my album. It is in no way supporting the deeds of Mohamed B."

{{Main|International reaction to Fitna}}

International reaction to Fitna consisted of condemnation in the Muslim community, fatwās by Al-Qaeda and an Australian imam calling for the beheading of Geert Wilders, and attempts by Southeast Asian countries to censor the film.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dutch-wilders-idUSTRE68217920100903|title=Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170617152746/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-dutch-wilders-idUSTRE68217920100903|archive-date=2017-06-17}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nisnews.nl/public/280208_5.htm|title=Al Qaeda Fatwa against MP Wilders|date=2008-02-28|access-date=2008-03-08|work=NIS News Bulletin|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080302014937/http://www.nisnews.nl/public/280208_5.htm|archive-date=2008-03-02}} The Dutch government allegedly "distanced itself from the film".{{cite news|url=http://www.minaz.nl/english/News/Press_releases_and_news_items/2008/Maart/Government_s_reaction_to_Wilders_film|title=(Dutch) Government's reaction to Wilders' film|date=2008-03-27|access-date=2008-03-27|work=Ministry of General Affairs |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080404045120/http://www.minaz.nl/english/News/Press_releases_and_news_items/2008/Maart/Government_s_reaction_to_Wilders_film |archive-date = 2008-04-04}}

Indonesia, the most populous Muslim country and itself a Dutch colony until 1949, has conducted a ban on several web sites, such as YouTube, MySpace, RapidShare and Metacafe, as directed by the Ministry of Communications and Informations.{{cite news|url=http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/4/6/indonesian-internet-providers-start-blocking-dutch-film-report/|title=Indonesian Internet providers start blocking Dutch film: report|date=2008-04-06|access-date=2008-04-09|work=ANTARA|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409184158/http://www.antara.co.id/en/arc/2008/4/6/indonesian-internet-providers-start-blocking-dutch-film-report/|archive-date=2008-04-09}} On April 11, the Indonesian government lifted the ban. Indonesian communications minister Muhammad Nuh apologised to the public for the inconvenience.{{cite news|url=http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/toekangit/post.htm?id=63003134&t=tag|title=The end of the YouTube drama in Indonesia|first=Budi|last=Putra|work=CNET Networks|date=2008-04-14|access-date=2008-04-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080422002050/http://asia.cnet.com/blogs/toekangit/post.htm?id=63003134&t=tag|archive-date=2008-04-22}}{{cite news|url=http://www.betanews.com/article/Indonesia_lifts_its_YouTube_ban/1207942109|title=Indonesia lifts its YouTube ban|work=BetaNews|date=2008-04-11|access-date=2008-04-13|first=Tim|last=Conneally|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414010014/http://www.betanews.com/article/Indonesia_lifts_its_YouTube_ban/1207942109|archive-date=2008-04-14|url-status=live}}

Geert Wilders' film failed to generate much "controversy" in Iran although the government did express its outrage on the day of its release and conservative websites complained about it for a while. By and large, Fitna elicited indifference among the general public. There was an anti-Fitna demonstration, but just 30 people turned up and they were carrying signs that had "nothing to do with the film".[https://web.archive.org/web/20080609230431/http://www.radionetherlands.nl/currentaffairs/region/middleeast/080529-iran-fitna Iran's anti-Wilders film lacks controversy]

In response to the film, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen published an op-ed in the Arabic-language newspaper Asharq al Awsat on March 30. In the article, he asks of the readers to "keep the head cool and the relations warm" and urged dialogue, not provocation, as a means to bridge the cultural differences.[http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article521055.ece Verhagen schrijft opiniestuk in Arabische krant] Volkskrant, 30 maart 2008

On 1 April, a debate was held about the film in the Dutch parliament. In this debate, the government and Geert Wilders accused each other of lying about facts of their previous communication. According to various members of the government, Wilders had told in previous conversations about his intentions to tear parts out of the Qur'an and setting them on fire. Wilders denied this.[http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=6794707&md5=d54613a59b56e8b197637a16ceb3c1e2 "Den Haag Vandaag: debat Fitna"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120530155757/http://player.omroep.nl/?aflID=6794707&md5=d54613a59b56e8b197637a16ceb3c1e2 |date=2012-05-30 }} NOS/VARA/NPS

{{Main|First trial of Geert Wilders}}

One of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons was included in the film without the permission of the artist, Kurt Westergaard. Westergaard has asserted that this infringes his copyright and is considering taking legal action against Wilders.[http://jp.dk/indland/article1304495.ece "JP-tegner klar til sag mod Wilders"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328193717/http://jp.dk/indland/article1304495.ece |date=2008-03-28 }}, Jyllands-Posten, 27 maart 2008 The Danish Union of Journalists has said it will file a lawsuit on Westergaard's behalf.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/28/wgert228.xml|title=Danish cartoonist to sue Dutch MP over anti-Islamic film|author=Moore, Matthew|author2=Waterfield, Bruno|author3=Clements, Joan|date=2008-03-29|access-date=2008-03-28|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331192524/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2008%2F03%2F28%2Fwgert228.xml|archive-date=2008-03-31|url-status=dead}} Similarly Dutch director Rob Muntz announced to file a lawsuit because of the uncredited use of his interview with Theo van Gogh.{{cite news|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/252338/After_The_Release_of_Fitna_Wilders_Faces_Numerous_Lawsuits|title=After The Release of Fitna, Wilders Faces Numerous Lawsuits|date=2008-03-28|access-date=2008-03-30|work=Digital Journal|first=Can|last=Tran|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080403005122/http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/252338/After_The_Release_of_Fitna_Wilders_Faces_Numerous_Lawsuits|archive-date=2008-04-03|url-status=live}}

In 2010 and 2011 Wilders was accused of criminally insulting religious and ethnic groups and inciting hatred and discrimination. However, he was found not guilty in June 2011.{{cite news |url=http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/06/23/wilders-vrijgesproken-van-groepsbelediging/ |title=Wilders op alle punten vrijgesproken |last=Hinke |first=Bart |date=23 June 2011 |work=NRC Handelsblad |language=nl |access-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110624052102/http://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2011/06/23/wilders-vrijgesproken-van-groepsbelediging/ |archive-date=2011-06-24 |url-status=live }}

On 12 February 2009, Wilders was denied entry to the United Kingdom after being invited by the Lord Pearson of the United Kingdom Independence Party to show his film in the House of Lords.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7885918.stm|title=Dutch MP refused entry to Britain|work=BBC News|date=2009-02-12|access-date=2009-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213110041/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7885918.stm|archive-date=2009-02-13|url-status=live}} He declared this "a sad day for the United Kingdom" and accused the government of cowardice. Wilders appealed the ban, and on 13 October 2009, it was overturned by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8304926.stm|title=Dutch MP overturns UK entry ban|work=BBC News|date=2009-10-13|access-date=2009-10-16}} The UK Home Office then stated its intention not to appeal the tribunal decision, and Wilders' planned visit to the UK went ahead, with his arriving in the country on 16 October 2009. Wilders described the decision to overturn the ban as a "victory for freedom of speech".{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8308982.stm|title=Dutch MP hails UK visit "victory"|work=BBC News|date=2009-10-16|access-date=2009-10-16}}

On 28 March, a film was released by the Arab European League, named Al Mouftinoun.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110823032250/http://netherland.arabeuropean.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=1 AEL Nederland: De Arabisch-Europese Liga lanceert film] A Saudi blogger made a contra-film in April called Schism.{{cite web| newspaper=Kuwait Times| date=2008-04-11| url=http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTIxODc2ODY5Nw| title=Schism counters Fitna| access-date=2008-04-14| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080630050313/http://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTIxODc2ODY5Nw| archive-date=2008-06-30}} It was also released on LiveLeak.

Wilders has stated that he plans to release a sequel to Fitna.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/dutch-mp-plans-sequel-to-anti-islam-film-fitna-1.817839 |work=CBC News |title=Dutch MP plans sequel to anti-Islam film Fitna |date=2009-04-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417181739/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2009/04/16/wilders-geert-fitna-sequel.html |archive-date=April 17, 2009 }} In March 2010, Wilders announced that he plans to release a second movie about the spread of Islam, but not until after Dutch elections in June. He said the sequel to his 2008 film would focus on the consequences of mass migration from Muslim countries, freedom of expression, and Sharia or Muslim law. He indicated that he received help from professionals in the US to make his film.{{cite web|url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313353,dutch-politician-muslim-critic-plans-new-film-but-after-elections.html#ixzz0hq37975g|title=Dutch politician, Muslim critic plans new film, but after elections|work=earthtimes.org|access-date=2010-03-11|archive-date=2012-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923100225/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313353,dutch-politician-muslim-critic-plans-new-film-but-after-elections.html#ixzz0hq37975g|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, Wilders announced on Twitter that he was making a sequel.{{Cite web |url=https://nltimes.nl/2017/04/10/wilders-plans-sequels-anti-islam-film-fitna |title=Wilders plans sequels to anti-Islam film Fitna |access-date=2017-09-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200717171338/https://nltimes.nl/2017/04/10/wilders-plans-sequels-anti-islam-film-fitna |archive-date=2020-07-17 |url-status=live |date=2017-04-10 }}

• Arnoud van Doorn
• Criticism of Islam
• Freedom of speech
• Submission – 2004 Dutch short film critical of Islam

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• [https://vimeo.com/146382754 Fitna] at Vimeo
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• [https://dai.ly/x8ofx3 Fitna] on Dailymotion
• Fitna at Internet Archive

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