Fitna, The Movie
* LiveLeak has removed Fitna from their server, due to threats, but it's still available on line. It can be found on YouTube, RuTube (Russian) and Viddler. The movie can also be seen in Dutch on the AD news site
* Both the Danish and Dutch foreign ministers deplored the threats on LiveLeak. (Danish , Dutch)
* Wilders will change his film to prevent lawsuits. Mainly, he will put in the correct picture of Mohammed Bouyeri and remove Westergaard's cartoons of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban. He will also give proper mention to radio host Robbie Muntz, who can be heard in the movie interviewing Van Gogh (Dutch, Dutch)
Muslim World
* Muslim countries condemned the movie (Indonesia, Bangladesh, Iran, and Egypt, among others)
* Friday sermons in Riyadh and Al Azhar (Cairo) did not mention Fitna. (Danish)* A Saudi publisher, Mudeer, intends to publish 50,000 copies of "Jesus and Islam in the Koran", translated into Dutch and distribute them free. "We send books, not bombs, to the Netherlands," he says. (Dutch)
* Malaysian former Prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad calls to boycott Dutch products. (English)
* In Jordan the organization "Allah Unites Us" calls for a boycott of Dutch products. 48 out of 110 parliament members want to break relations with the Netherlands. (Dutch)
* Indonesia: Minister of Social affairs Bachtiar Chamsyah called on organizations nationwide to protest Fitna. Hundreds of students showed up for the protest to demand shutting down sites showing the movie. The Dutch embassy was attacked with eggs by dozens of protesters. (Dutch, Dutch)
* The Iranian terrorist organization Ahwaz Liberation Organization, formerly headed by Dutch-Iranian refugee Abdullah al Mansouri, linked to the movie on the United American Committee site. (Dutch)
* Pakistan: Not everybody got Wilders name right. In one protest the protesters put a sign on a dummy saying "Garret Weldon" (Dutch, +pic)
* Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood sees the film as a declaration of war. Like many others, they don't need to see the film to decide it mis-portrays Muslims. (Dutch)
* On Friday, the Dutch embassy in Iran explained the movie to Iranian authorities and pointed out that the Dutch authorities asked not to release the film and regretted its publication (Dutch)
* The Consul General of Moroccan spoke to mosque visitors in Amsterdam on Friday, praising their peaceful reactions (Dutch)Muslim Reactions in the West
* Expatica summarized reactions by Flemish Muslims (English)
* The Contact Organ Muslims and Government organization generally ignored the film. The Dutch Muslim Council thinks that reaction shows it's normal to insult Islam in the Netherlands. (Dutch)
* Radical imam Sheik Fawaz Jneid of the As-Soennah mosque in the Hague says that Wilders did not succeed in insulting Muslims with his movie. He called on Muslims worldwide to keep calm. (Dutch)
* The Arab European League (AEL) put out its own movie, Al Mouftinoun (Dutch, YouTube)
* The Norwegian Islamic Council criticized Fitna and called on Muslim to ignore the movie. (Norwegian)
* Bilal Assaad of the Danish Islamic Society says the movie is pure provocation, saying it judges 1.5 million Muslims based on a few extremists groups. He also worries it will be seen as a Danish movie, due to the Mohammed cartoon featuring in it. (Danish)
* Danish radical Imam Abdul Wahid Pedersen also says the movie is an unneeded provocation. Pedersen did not see the movie. he doesn't think it will get as much attention as the Mohammad cartoons. (Danish)
Political Responses
* After releasing Fitna, a poll shows Wilders 'won' a seat in parliament, bringing his party up to a possible 15 seats, compared with today's 9. (Dutch)
* Expatica summarized reactions by Dutch political parties. (English)
* Danish Prime Minster Rasmussen hadn't seen Fitna and since he sees it as "pure provocation" he does not intend to see it. (Danish)
* Dutch Minister of Justice Ernst Ballin called on Eshan Jami not to make his movie about the life of Mohammad. (Dutch)
* Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen visited mosques on Friday and spoke about Fitna. His visit was appreciated by the mosque visitors (Dutch)
* Siv Jensen, Chairman of the Norwegian Progress Party, calls on Norwegian movie makers to prepare their own Islam critical movies (Norwegian)
* The EU and UN condemned Fitna this past Friday. (Dutch)
* Australia: Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says Fitna is an insult to Islam. He says Australia believes in freedom of speech but not int the right to abuse it to promote hatred. (Dutch)
* Belgium increased security measures around Dutch installations. (Dutch)
* Filip Dewinter, head of Vlaams Belang, was very satisfied with the movie, saying it was a non-provocative movie. He wants the debate in Flanders to also discuss the dark sides of Islam. (Dutch)
Miscellaneous
* The Dutch Central Jewish Board says fitna's focus on anti-Jewish preachings was counterproductive and generalizing. (English)
* Danish TV2 will show clips of Fitna, since it can be found on the internet and is of interest to both Danish and European politicians (Danish)
* Geert Wilders didn't show up for the first debate about his film, in a church in Slotervaart, Amsterdam. The place was on high alert for the event. (Dutch)
* For those who want to apologize to the Muslim world, A Dutch site Sorry for the Film offers people the opportunity to upload their picture and thereby show their regret for Fitna. (Dutch)
* Wilders interview by Spiegel Online (English)
See also: Fitna release roundup
