Schism — Saudi Blogger’s Answer to Wilders Film
JEDDAH, 10 April 2008 — A Saudi blogger has made a six-minute video entitled “Schism” by portraying texts from Christian sources out of context, similar to the way Dutch MP Geert Wilders made his recently-released anti-Qur’an film entitled “Fitna.”
In his film, Raid Al-Saeed, 33, shows verses of the Bible that call for war and illustrated them with clips of extremist Christian groups that preach violence.
“I made it in less than 24 hours. In ‘Schism,’ I have used the same methodology that Wilders has used and that involves taking texts out of context,” he told Arab News, adding that he made the film to prove that it is incorrect to judge Islam by watching “Fitna.”
This is a point that he writes at the end of his short film. “It is easy to take part of any holy book out of context and make it sound like an inhumane book. This is what Geert Wilders did to gather supporters for his hateful ideology. To create ‘Schism,’” he wrote.
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