Have you seen the "3 things about Islam" video?

[antof9]

I just watched this (it's long -- 8 minutes), and am not sure what to think. I don't know anything about the person or organization who posted it, the "related videos" on the side give me pause, and I'll be honest; I'm confused by what could be implied from this video, if it's accurate. I'm very curious to hear your thoughts -- the people who

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[miketroll]

Another YouTube take on Islam. Probably the best known is Geert Wilders' little movie, Fitna, which intersperses belligerent quotations from the Qur'an with graphic scenes of 9/ll destruction. (On a different tack, there's also a text-based gem alleging that *Israel* is running Al Qaeda as a tool to make the West more antagonistic towards Islam

[antof9]

I just didn't like his pronunciation of "fiery"!

Funny how these things draw our attention :)

[appleshoelace]

I thought his pronunciation of 'fiery' was interesting. It was the only word he got wrong, and he pronounced it as it logically should be pronounced, if you think of words like 'pier' and 'tier'.

[antof9]

Thanks for your comments -- they are greatly appreciated. I'll admit that the thing that bothered me most was lack of information about the creators of that video.

I appreciate and agree with a lot of your other comments. Thanks, really for taking the time to watch it and make remarks.

[appleshoelace]

I've known German people with exactly the same accent as this guy - generally Germans who have become very good at English and who learnt UK English, with RP accent. Maybe it's people from a certain part of Germany, as obviously there are different German dialects and accents, and not all German people have the same accent when speaking English, but I'd say he's almost definitely German. I've never heard any other nationality speak with this accent.