The day an Islamic apologist acknowledges that someone who has written about how jihadists use the Qur’an to justify violence has quoted the book in context, I will faint dead away.
“Indonesia: Islam film by Dutch MP ‘mistaken interpretation’ says expert,” from AKI, May 5 (thanks to Twostellas):
Jakarta, 5 May(AKI) – An Indonesian expert on the Koran has released a book attacking Fitna, the controversial film by Dutch MP Geert Wilders that challenges Islamic teaching.
Quraish Shibab released the book entitled “The verses of Fitna, a small part of Islamic culture in the middle of prejudice” on Sunday.
He said the Dutch film was based on a number of errors and a misinterpretation of Islamic teaching.
“The film of Geert Wilders, Fitna, is a collection of mistaken koranic interpretations.”
In 90 pages, Quraish Shibab claims that Wilders has used quotes out of context to give weight to the film’s argument that equates Islam and terrorism.
The book, distributed free of charge in several mosques in the capital and available on the Internet, adopts a calm tone and calls on Muslims “to respond to Fitna in a decisive way but avoiding any behaviour that is harmful to Islam or Muslims”….
Why Quraish Shibab is wrong: