This was inevitable, wasn’t it?
And it also may be a clue as to how Muslims can become indignant about a film that quotes the Qur’an and shows Muslims quoting the Qur’an: the violent verses quoted aren’t really in there, you see. Of course, you will find them if you open any copy of the Qur’an, but that’s because the Zionists cast them into the Qur’an by means of their black arts.
I should know. After all, I’m a practitioner.
“Iran cleric says Israel behind anti-Islam Dutch film,” from AFP (thanks to Morgaan Sinclair):
TEHRAN (AFP) “” Israel and unidentified “oppressive powers” are behind the production of an anti-Islamic film by right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders, a prominent conservative Iranian cleric claimed on Friday.
“Behind these satanic acts can be found the oppressive powers and the Zionist regime,” Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said during a Friday prayer sermon in the capital broadcast by state radio.
“This poor Dutch deputy has made 40 trips to Israel over the past 25 years,” Khatami said. “He has himself said he is close to (Israeli President) Shimon Peres and (Prime Minister) Ehud Olmert.
“We see the hand of the Zionist regime behind these satanic acts and we cry ‘death to Israel,'” he added.
The 17-minute-long film “Fitna” features shocking imagery of the attacks on New York in 2001 and Madrid in 2004 combined with quotes from the Koran, Islam’s holy book, and has sparked outrage in some Muslim countries.
You’ll note that AFP, in this paragraph, implies that the quotes from the Qur’an are gratuitously attached to the acts of violence. The fact that the film shows Muslims exhorting others to acts of violence by reference to the Qur’an is not mentioned.