Pro-Islam film to be released in response to 'Fitna'
Jul. 23, 2008
The Media Line Staff , THE JERUSALEM POST
A short film titled Beyond Love will soon be released by the Iranian-based
NGO Islam and
Christianity (IC), in response to the anti-Islamic Dutch film Fitna, the
Iranian news agency
IRNA re****ted.
"The film aims to introduce the real Islam. It will be useful for those
who want to get
acquainted with Islam," said IC spokesman Muhammad Karimi.
Earlier this year, Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders produced Fitna, which
claimed to have explored
Quranic motivations for terrorism. The film was condemned by many in the
West, as well as in
the Muslim world. Al-Qaeda even issued a religious decree against Wilders,
while the Dutch
government was quick to distance itself from the film.
While IC claims to be an independent organization, Radio Netherlands
quoted an Iranian
journalist a few months ago as saying that it was created by the
government itself.
"It is an NGO of 'convenience'; it is absolutely clear that this is a
government initiative,"
said Mina Sa'adi, a journalist working for the independent Farsi-language
website Shahrzad News.
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