Frontline - Muslims

Starring:Pbs
Studio: Mystic Fire Video
Product Type: DVD

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Total waste of money..............
Beautiful Story not Examination of Depth
A documentary about contemporary Muslims
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Frontline - Muslims

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Inside Islam (History Channel)
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Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet

ASIN: B00008973X
Release Date: 2003-04-15

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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

Customer Reviews:

Total waste of money.....................2007-01-05

Don't waste your money, there are far more better documentaries that this one.

Beautiful Story not Examination of Depth.......2006-12-16

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.

A documentary about contemporary Muslims.......2006-04-02

In preparing to teach Islam to undergraduates for the first time, I watched lots of videos on Islam, both to expand my own knowledge and to find good clips to show in class. This is one of the videos that I found most useful for both purposes.

"Muslims" is a 2002 documentary about the diverse ways of being a Muslim today. 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.

Other videos I've found useful:
- "Inside Islam" (History Channel);
- "The Message," a movie about the life of Muhammad;
- "Inside Mecca" (National Geographic);
- "Secrets of the Koran" (History Channel).

Very Good.......2006-02-20

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

Average customer rating:

Documentation of Muslim culture and beliefs in modern times
Documentation of Muslim culture and beliefs in modern times
good effort

Frontline - Muslims
Starring: Pbs
Manufacturer: Mystic Fire Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Documentation of Muslim culture and beliefs in modern times.......2002-10-09

Produced for the acclaimed television program "Frontline", Muslims will appeal to the entire family from pre-teens through adults, providing a documentation of Muslim culture and beliefs in modern times. Extenstive film footage from Egypt, Malaysia, Iran, Turkey and the U.S. explores politics, religion, and economics and provides insights on connections between Muslims groups and cultures from around the world. The video is presented in both the "family friendly" VHS (1561764892) and DVD (1561764906) formats.

Documentation of Muslim culture and beliefs in modern times.......2002-10-09

good effort.......2002-07-01

Most documentaries on Islam tend to focus on the religion as a whole as opposed to the people that make up Islam. This news documentary focuses on Muslims just as the title suggests. This video takes us to Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Turkey, Nigeria, and America to listen to Muslim activists, scholars, mainstream Muslims, moderates and others who have opinions on Islam. In each country visited, a brief historical summary of Islam is given. Some countries are given more detailed historical backgrounds than others. The program begins by visiting professors of Sociology and Islamic History discussing the negative impact western civilization has had on Islam and Muslims. It is also explained very clearly why Muslims often look down on the western ideology.

In this program we see that not all Muslims are the same. We see Muslims who praise Osama Bin Laden and we see Muslims who are angrier at other Muslims than anyone else for condoning terroism. A recent convert in LA who wears the Hijaab is profiled and talks of the reasons she accepted Islam. There is also a Saudi-American Muslim sister profiled who does not wear Hijaab and seems very Americanized. This Saudi-American sister founded an organizaton called "Muslims Against Terroism" in response to the Sept. 11 terroist attacks. Although she talks of not being accepted in some Islamic circles for not wearing the Hijaab, she says she feels very secure in her connection to Islam. The commentator also says "she has found her own way to be a Muslim". One segment shows her in a classroom emphasizing to the nonmuslim students that the veil is not a representation of Islam nor is it required. As long as there are Muslims who teach things like this, there will be more amunition for nonmuslims to say that the Hijaab is "outdated", "backwords" and "oppresive".

The division between African-Americans and Arabs in Islam is mentioned but not discussed in any significant detail. The fact that the first Muslims in this country were African slaves was not even mentioned. This would have fit in perfectly with a historical summary of Islam in America and its popularity with African-Americans.

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