In 2008, Dutch politician Geert Wilders and members of his Freedom Party co-produced “Fitna,” a short film that portrayed Islam as a violent, terroristic religion. Wilders came under heavy fire from Muslims and liberals for his “hate crimes,” but fellow party member Arnoud van Doorn stuck by him — until recently.
Earlier this year, van Doorn experienced an ideological turnaround and converted to Islam.
أَشْـهَدُ أَنْ لا إِلـهَ إِلاّ الله ، وَأَشْـهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمّـداً عَبْـدُهُ وَرَسـولُه
— Arnoud van Doorn (@ArnoudvDoorn) February 27, 2013
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— Arnoud van Doorn (@ArnoudvDoorn) February 27, 2013
And, as he proudly displayed on Twitter today, he has officially apologized for blaspheming Islam and the Prophet Mohammed:
#SaudiGazette pic.twitter.com/2ed1fpcjEM
— Arnoud van Doorn (@ArnoudvDoorn) April 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/UbaidullahB/status/326397432470593536
Former Dutch Islamophobe and a former leading member of far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders’ party Arnoud Van Doorn visited the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to pray and say sorry for becoming part of a blasphemous film.
Doorn was among the Freedom Party leaders who produced the blasphemous film, Fitna. Last month he reverted to Islam after an extensive study about the religion and the Prophet (peace be upon him).
He said that the worldwide outrage against the film made him study about the Prophet (pbuh) and that eventually led to his conversion.
If Muslims on Twitter are to be believed, all is now right with the world:
Wow no words to describe @ArnoudvDoorn's turning to Islam! Can only imagine how happy Muslims became at Umar RA's conversion. Welcome home
— Diary-of-an-Imam™ (@MuhammadBadsha) April 22, 2013
@ArnoudvDoorn May Allaah bless you immensely my brother in Islaam. And may Allaah unite us in Jannat Al Firdaws, aameen!
— Ambivalent Rants (@AmbivalentRants) April 22, 2013
@arnoudvdoorn congrats, u r really very lucky man bcoz u've got proper guidance from ALLAH… Stay Blessed.
— Syed Khuram (@SyedKhuram1) April 22, 2013
@ArnoudvDoorn You are an inspiration for those in search of the truth. May Allah bless you.
— Alomgir Ali (@alomgirali) April 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/4bryan/status/326454522035707904
@ArnoudvDoorn may Allah bless u
— Soma (@sosonhd) April 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/RasAlGhul321/status/326433292503105538
@ArnoudvDoorn Welcome brother & congratulations – Peace be upon you..
— Sohaila Fargaly (@Sohailafargaly) April 22, 2013
https://twitter.com/scribblerer/status/326360971268481025
https://twitter.com/Rosessima/status/326443623010951168
@arnoudvdoorn MAY ALLAH GRANT YOU JENNAH
— mubarek awel (@abyssinian_musl) April 22, 2013
SubhanAllah, look at how Allah guides people! @ArnoudvDoorn the man who made the movie about the Prophet (saw) reverted and repented ?❤
— ~ (@mxshi21) April 22, 2013
Imagine an Islamophobe.Allah opens his heart to Islam and becomes the luckiest. MashaAllah!
– @ArnoudvDoorn pic.twitter.com/pBOvGx9zll— My Bit for Change (@MyBitforChange) April 22, 2013
We can’t help but wonder what Wilders thinks of all this.