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3 unusual facts about Fitna


Fitna

The Fourth Fitna (809–827 CE), including the Abbasid civil wars and other regional conflicts

The First Fitna (656–661 CE) the first Islamic "civil war" between Ali and the Umayyads

The Second Fitna (c. 680/683–c. 685/692 CE), the second Islamic "civil war" between the Umayyads and Ibn al-Zubayr


Beyond Fitna

The film was produced by "NGO Islam and Christianity" in response to Fitna (the title being an Arabic term that means 'disagreement and division among people') by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders, which made the case that Islamic texts promote violence and intolerance.

Internet in Indonesia

Indonesia ordered ISPs to block YouTube in April 2008 after Google reportedly did not respond to the government’s request to remove the film “Fitna” by the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, which purportedly mocked the Prophet Muhammed.

The War for Muslim Minds

The War for Muslim Minds is the English translation of Fitna: guerre au coeur de l'Islam, a 2004 book by French author and Islamic studies scholar Gilles Kepel.


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