They say the film defamed and denigrated the Qur’an. Yet when the acts of violence it depicts were justified by their perpetrators by reference to the Qur’an, what did they say then?
“OIC condemns “in the strongest terms” release of anti-Islam film,” from the Islamic Republic News Agency:
The Organization of the Islamic Conference added its voice to the growing criticism of a film released by a Dutch lawmaker, which features disturbing images of terrorist acts superimposed over verses from holy Quran.
OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu condemned “in the strongest terms the release of the film ‘Fitna’ by Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders.”
The organization added that the film defamed and denigrated “the Holy Quran, causing insult to the sentiments of more than 1.3 billion Muslims in the world.
“The film was a deliberate act of discrimination against Muslims” that aimed to “provoke unrest and intolerance,” the organization said.