Comments on: “Fitna the Movie” and the Sufi Way

By: Marahm

Marahm — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 14:02:35 +0000

Boycotting the film will do nothing for those who have suffered at the hands of terrorists, nor those who fear exactly what this film tells us to fear. There is nothing new in this film; it is but a condensed version of its subject.

Answering hate with love does mean putting our heads in the sand until it all blows over. Citing Biblical passages equivalent to the Qur’anic ayahs in this film does not cancel out anything.

We are left with continued hatred against Muslims for what has happened and what may happen again. Who shall we really blame for this film? The film maker? I daresay not.

The events in this film were not perpetrated by Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, or atheists. Broken Mystic has given us the hard answer; we Muslims must face this situation and address its root causes while taking concrete steps to right whatever wrongs resulted in this depraved state of affairs in the first place.

That said, I hasten to admit that I do not know the Sufi path; perhaps passive resistence is, indeed, the appropriate response for those who set themselves upon that Path.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:44:21 +0000

To answer hate with love is the Sufi way.

also Franciscan and Hasidic way. In all case I think it’s the same way. Hilel the great,Jesus, Jalalleddin al Rumi, Francis of Assisi, Haji Bektash Veli, Nahman from Breslav, -is the same way…
Shalom,Salam,Peace and Bracha,Baracha

By: Danial

Danial — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:14:29 +0000

I prefer to see a reissue of The Message as a way to combat "Fitna".

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:58:41 +0000

Sounds like sound advice Irving – if we all ignore this kind of stuff then it will just wither up and die a natural death.

By: ned

ned — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:24:02 +0000

I saw the film — frankly you didn’t miss much. It’s boring, and it looks like it was made by an undergrad freshman for a Film 101 class on a Mac in half a day.

Btw there is a YouTube channel set up by a Muslim filmmaker who goes by the title of Ummah Films. The website is here:
http://www.ummahfilms.com/home.html

By: UmmA luvs the Divine

UmmA luvs the Divine — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:02:31 +0000

By Allah, whenever I pay a visit here, I get the message that I so dearly need at the moment..
Gratitude is shown for this wonderful reminder

Ya Haqq!

By: Broken Mystic

Broken Mystic — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:06:53 +0000

This is why we need more Muslim filmmakers. Other people are making a living off of criticizing and insulting our way of life, and many times, this provokes violence and radicalism from the Muslims. I agree that we must respond to hate with Love. There is a lot we Muslims can do; we just need to speak up and put our words into action.

Salaam/Peace

By: dimas

dimas — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:13:50 +0000

Salam brother Irving.

Maybe because Indonesia is the biggest muslims nation so lot of discussion happen in here. There are many kind reaction happen. Some were angry, some are pray for the maker of the movie so Allah open his heart, some people did not care about it.

To reduce the chaos our government declared the rule that anyone should not post the video on the internet.

By: darvish

darvish — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:04:58 +0000

Salaam Dear Brothers and Sisters:

Thank you all for the kind comments :) To return kindness for hatred is not only a Sufi trait, and not only practiced by the Prophet (pbuh) as brother Abdul writes on his excellent blog, it is also the heart-trait of Jesus, Buddha, and many of the prophets and wise men and women in every generation and in every religion.

May the Most Merciful and Most Kind bless us all with the strength and wisdom to emulate them in our words and deeds. Ameen.

Ya Haqq!

By: Achelois

Achelois — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:12:34 +0000

Thank you for the lesson and reminder, dear brother Irving.