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Young Muslim Makes Video to Show All Religions Can be "Evil"

LibertySugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:00:41 PDT

Remember the anti-Islam video "Fitna" put out by a Dutch politician last month? Well a young Saudi businessman has decided to give Christianity the same treatment. Raed al-Saeed's increasingly popular video "Schism," mashes images of aggressive behavior by Christians with aggressive Bible-verses.

Unlike the Dutch video of violence by Muslims played to verses of the Koran, the Biblical version is not motivated by a desire to stop the spread of a religion. Instead, al-Saeed wanted to show that any religion, including Christianity, can easily be cast in an "evil" light. He told NPR that "It's not the right way to judge a religion by a video made by a guy who hated that religion."

To find out what images made the Christian version,

read more. Images of western soldiers in Iraq beating up alleged insurgents, a CNN broadcast of 2003's "Shock and Awe" bombing of Baghdad, terrorist attacks in Northern Ireland, fill the screen while violent biblical quotes - such as those from the Book of Samuel, urging killing mean, women, children, cattle - flash across the screen. When the greater population is unfamiliar with a religion, which is often the case in the West with Islam, are violence characterizations more powerful? Will challenging videos, like al-Saeed's "Schism," help break down the us vs. them, good vs. evil narrative that exists between Christians and Muslims? Source

Anti-Islam Film Released By Dutch Politician

LibertySugar — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:00:38 PDT

What's going on between the Dutch and Islam? Check this out: Gerrt Wilders is the leader of the Netherlands's anti-Islam party and a controversial filmmaker. The politician has just made much-anticipated anti-Koran film and it's now playing at a computer near you.

The graphic internet film - "Fitna" - stars beheadings, violence against women, anti-Semitic tirades, and charred New York and Madrid terrorist victims. The soundtrack? Verses of the Muslim holy book. Sounds like a must see.

Wilders wants to warn people about a dangerous religion (in his view), and stop the Islamization of the West. Well someone should warn him about the coming backlash! One person already not happy with Wilders is the man who drew the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The artist, whose drawings led to violent protests, says that the use of the drawing in Wilders' film is a violation of copyright laws.

Is this freedom of speech or a reckless incitement of violence?

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Buzz News Roundup, 3/3

BuzzSugar — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 12:33:10 PST

Access Hollywood reports from the Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice singing benefit in LA. You can watch some shaky video footage over here.
Speaking of Grey's, Eric Dane will join Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston in Marley and Me, writes ComingSoon.
ComingSoon reports that Tim Allen will make his directorial debut with the indie comedy Crazy on the Outside.
Anne Heche will replace Jennifer Jason Leigh in the "indie sex comedy" Spread, also starring Ashton Kutcher, writes Hollywood Reporter.
According to Variety, Al-Qaeda is calling for the execution of a Dutch filmmaker and a politician on account of their anti-Koran short film, Fitna.
Radiohead, Tom Petty, and Jack Johnson will headline the inaugural Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in San Francisco in August, Billboard reports.
L.A. will host the first Brazilian Film Festival March 7-9 at the Landmark Theater, Variety reports.
CBS is no longer the No. 1 TV network, losing the most-viewed title to Fox, the LA Times reports.