I am no friend or supporter of any type of religious extremism. In addition, I believe that Islamic extremists are a very real threat to those in the west who support secular government and freed of religion for all. However, it is ironic to see someone turning the Christianists own tactics against them. Admittedly, he references Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders' movie "Fitna as what he wants to show as an unfair depiction of Islam, but the Christianist wingnuts are the ones who provided him with the footage to make his film. Raed al-Saeed's film shows that the Christianists' constant anti-Muslim statements and actions DO get noticed overseas and work to create anti-American dislike and hate as a consequence. Not that the Christianists care for anyone but themselves in the final analysis. Raed al-Saeed's comments on the Bible are very much on point and unfortunately the unloving statements from the Christianists show how the Bible is misused daily by extremists to inspire hatred towards those who are different. Here are highlights from Raw Story (http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Saudi_blogger_posts_video_on_violent_0410.html):
A Saudi blogger has made a short video featuring alleged Christian extremists preaching violence and a Bible passage calling for war, in response to an anti-Quran film that sparked protests across the Muslim world.
Raed al-Saeed told The Associated Press on Thursday that the purpose of his six-minute video is to show Islam should not be judged by watching Dutch filmmaker Geert Wilders' movie "Fitna," which links terror attacks by Muslim extremists with texts from the Quran. "It is easy to take parts of any holy book that are out of (context) and make it sound like the most inhumane book ever written," al-Saeed said in a statement posted at the end of his video.
Al-Saeed, 33, said he lifted footage showing alleged Christian extremists and British soldiers beating up Iraqis from YouTube and used the same methods Wilders did. The video appeared to include footage from "Jesus Camp," an American documentary about a summer camp for evangelical Christians that was nominated for a 2007 Academy Award.
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