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Economic in presentation but rich with intellectual and cultural dividends, this episode of Frontline makes Western understanding of the varieties of Islamic culture relatively easy. Essentially, Muslims maintains that the Muslim or Muslim-influenced societies of Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, etc., are no more uniform than the modern societies of the U.S., Spain, Poland, and Belgium–thus rendering generalizations moot. What is true, as we find in this program, is that Muslims everywhere face incompatibilities between Islamic principles and modernism. Muslims focuses on the degree of those incompatibilities, and what different nations in the Arab world and Asia are doing about it. Typically, Frontline‘s investigation is more street-level than abstract. We meet sundry sheiks and ayatollahs providing Koran-derived counsel and legal opinion for ordinary people, but we also meet Muslim men and women embracing both tradition and, say, Western tourism or professions for women. A fascinating and vital documentary promoting cultural understanding. –Tom Keogh
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on Mar 7th, 2010 at 12:08 am
Don’t waste your money, there are far more better documentaries that this one.
Rating: 1 / 5
on Mar 7th, 2010 at 2:54 am
This is a good all around Dvd that shows Muslims all around the globe. My favorite part is where the black woman in the U.S. takes shahada and converts from being an alcohol drinking, late night clubbing, sick woman to a Muslim. There is something about a woman that covers her hair and body that makes here a more decent human being. We in America are lost. That is the majority of us. I used to be a lost soul until I found this great religion. It has the guidance that every human being can follow and be morally successful. No other religion including Christianity has the power to straighten an individual out like Islam. It is the answer to the problems, not a cause of them. It is being attacked, for the devil truth and will do anything to stop it from being heard. The devil prefers Christianity, where you can smoke crack, have unregulated sex, and drink alcohol and its ok because Jesus died for your sins. To find the truth in life takes deep thinking. Take a closer look at yourself and at the world around you and you will understand why people are coming in droves to the way of life called ISLAM.
Also check these Dvd’s out: Inside Mecca and Muhammad Legacy of a Prophet
Also go to this site: Miraclesofthequran.com
Rating: 4 / 5
on Mar 7th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Beautiful story that touches base here and there around the world and unsurprizingly finds Muslims are people too with problems, and predictable variation in both practice and attitude toward other religions and the west. The film does not probe beneath the surface, clarify the belief system of Islam & whether that system is compatible with other belief systems, nor explore what the cumulative effect the religion of Islam may have on western civilization.
Strongly recommend Herb Meyer’s “The Siege of Western Civilization” and “Islam: What the West Needs to Know” for those who desire to fathom the real issues that are past the politically correct aspects of probably most crucial topic of our time.
Rating: 3 / 5
on Mar 7th, 2010 at 5:12 am
“Muslims” is a 2002 documentary about the diverse ways of being a Muslim today. I’ve used excerpts from it in teaching world religions to undergraduates and high school students.
It consists mostly of stories of individual Muslims from around the world, including an Egyptian sheikh, an Iranian ayatollah, some Turkish students, a Turkish politician, a Malaysian obstetrician, a Malaysian woman seeking a divorce, several Nigerians, the principal of a Muslim school in the U.S., an African-American convert to Islam, and an advisor to the Iranian president. Along the way, the video addresses various issues in contemporary Islam, such as the fallout of Western colonialism in Muslim countries, Islamic law, women in Islam, Islamism, Islam and democracy, interpretation of the Qur’an, terrorism, and being a religious minority in the U.S.
Some other good videos on Islam:
- “Inside Islam” (History Channel);
- “The Message,” a movie about the life of Muhammad;
- “Inside Mecca” (National Geographic);
- “Secrets of the Koran” (History Channel).
Rating: 4 / 5