Fitna, much ado about nothing? [Archives:2008/1143/Reportage]

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April 3 2008

Reactions to the early release of Dutch MP Geert Wilders' anti-Islam movie, Fitna, have so far been muted in the Muslim world. But it may be too early to tell how the Arab street will react. MENASSAT reports from Beirut, Cairo and The Netherlands.

(MENASSAT) – Perhaps the worst thing the Muslim world could to Geert Wilders and his anti-Islam movie, Fitna, is to simply ignore him and it.

That seemed to be the main reaction to the early release of Fitna, the movie.

The Dutch government condemned the film, saying “it hurts the feelings of the Muslims.”” The European Union went further