Fitna - Dedicated To Open Minded, Liberal Muslims.

Less than a minute into the movie, a liberal Muslim will come to the conclusion that; yes, Islam promotes violence. He or she will agree that this is so because it's all in the Qur'an. And that, my friend, is what Geert Wilders is trying to do. He's trying to convince the Muslims who have never bothered to study the Qur'an all their life into believing that the West has been right all along about Islam being the religion of violence. How else do you explain all those verses in the Qur'an that Geert Wilders have conveniently collated for you? The Qur'an is after all, the ultimate truth. I dare say that as high as 60% of the Muslims in the world have never been aware the existence of those verses in the Qur'an. Or maybe they are aware but I dare say that as high as 90% of the Muslims have never bothered to seek the tafsir for those verses, or have never bothered to understand why Allah orders the Muslims to do something like that. And so when a couple of Muslim men hijacked a plane to slam it into the World Trade Centre building, can the West be blamed into believing that those guys acted in accordance to what has been stated in the Qur'an?

To a liberal, open-minded Muslim, his or her faith is now shaken. He or she is inclined to agree with the West. He or she is a step closer to being a more liberal person and eventually an infidel. He or she will see the images on TVs, Muslims all over the world chanting, death to Lurpak Butter or Danish Cookies, or Shell. He or she will see people burning the Danish flag outside the Danish Embassy. He or she will come to the conclusion that the Muslims are prone to anger and violence over a film that seems to be making a very valid point about the Qur'an, Islam and Muslim. Never mind if the film is nothing more than Geert Wilders' perception of Islam based on what he has seen being done to innocent lives by Muslim men and women encouraged by the verses in the Qur'an.

Amidst all this, just like it always has been, no one from the Muslim world dares to come up with an explanation what those verses mean. But instead everyone in the Muslim world is out to get Geert Wilders, the way they came out in full anger demanding Salman Rushdie's blood, or Hirsi Ali's head. And just like it always has been, the Muslim world will issue statements after statements condemning the film.

Explain what those verses mean.

Explain why the Muslims must have faith in those verses.

Explain why the quality of our iman depends on how strongly be believe in those verses.

Explain why we'd rather die than to see a single letter in those verses removed.

Explain. So that we don't have to go out in the mid-day sun to protest and to chant Allahuakbar! Explain.

And pray that Geert Wilders be shown the hidayah of Islam so that the hijab that covers his heart be lifted. There must be a reason why Allah maintains those verses in the Qur'an, just as Allah maintains the verses on slavery and other seemingly archaic concepts. There's gotta be a reason. For heaven's sake, be angry all you want but the West needs the explanation. They are used to seeing angry mobs on the street chanting Allahuakbar! that they themselves can chant the same thing with perfect Tajwid.

Explain please because 90% of the Muslims don't understand why those verses are there. I say this because there are only 14 students in my class who have to juggle between work, family and friends to attend class in order to understand the Qur'an, to become a better Muslim. Compare this with million of other Muslims out there at the shopping malls or watching movies while a Qur'an class is being conducted in a quiet little corner of an old building in UIA.

Assalamu'alaikum. Tonight, read a surah or two. Iqra'.