Islamic Civil War

Fitna may refer to:

  • Fitna (word), an Arabic word
  • Fitna (film), a 2008 short film by Geert Wilders
  • The First Fitna (656–661 CE) the first Islamic "civil war" between Ali and the Umayyads
  • The Second Fitna (c. 680/683-c. 685/692 CE), the second Islamic "civil war" between the Umayyads and Ibn al-Zubayr
  • The Third Fitna (744–750/752 CE), including the Umayyad civil wars and the Abbasid Revolution
  • The Fourth Fitna (809–827 CE), including the Abbasid civil wars and other regional conflicts
  • The Fitna of al-Andalus (1009–1031 CE), in the Caliphate of Cordoba

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