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| '''''Islam: What the West Needs to Know''''' is a 2006 ] produced by ]. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by ], ], ], ], and ]. The film premiered at the ] in ] on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006. | '''''Islam: What the West Needs to Know''''' is a 2006 ] produced by ]. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by ], ], ], ], and ]. The film premiered at the ] in ] on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006. | ||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
| It is presented in six parts: | |||
| :1. ''There Is No God But Allah and Muhammad Is His Prophet'': In the first part, various commentators argue that Islamic violence stems from the teachings and examples of ] and that the ] prescribes and sanctions violence against non-Muslims. | |||
| :2. ''The Struggle'': In the second part, according to the teaching of the Quran,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.al-islam.org/short/jihad/ |title=Jihad The Holy War of Islam and Its Legitimacy in the Quran | Books on Islam and Muslims |publisher=Al-Islam.org |date=2013-01-19 |accessdate=2014-08-18}}</ref> ] defines the word "]" to mean the struggle to impose Allah's will over the earth, resulting in holy war against the non-Muslim world to bring it under the rule of Islam. | |||
| :3. ''Expansion'': In the third part, ] describes the expansion of ] through conquest and presents historical evidence of enslavement and massacres of ]s, ]s, ]s and ]s by ]. | |||
| :4. ''War Is Deceit'': In the fourth part, ] and ] discuss the Islamic principle of ], Islamic dissimulation, which, the lecturers argue, enjoins Muslims to deceive non-Muslims to advance the cause of Islam. | |||
| :5. ''More Than a Religion'': In the fifth part, the documentary asserts that "] governs every aspect of religious, political, and personal action, which amounts to a form of ] that is divinely enjoined to dominate the world, analogous in many ways to ]". | |||
| :6. ''The House of War'': The final part covers the division of the world into ] ("the house of Islam" or "the house of peace"), the land governed by the ], and ] ("the house of war"), the land of non-Muslims. According to the film, Muslims are enjoined to bring the Dar al-Harb under the control of Islam. The film argues, "Muslims in Western nations are called to subvert the secular regimes in which they now live in accordance with Allah's command."<ref></ref> | |||
| ==Critical reception== | ==Critical reception== | ||
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2006 American film| Islam: What the West Needs to Know | |
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| Directed by | Gregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly |
| Produced by | Quixotic Media |
| Starring | Robert Spencer, Walid Shoebat, Bat Yeor, Serge Trifkovic, Abdullah Al-Araby |
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| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Islam: What the West Needs to Know is a 2006 documentary film produced by Quixotic Media. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, and Walid Shoebat. The film premiered at the American Film Renaissance Festival in Hollywood on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006.
Critical reception
While some reviewers have considered the film to be thought-provoking and important, others have criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic, biased and propagandist against Islam. The Chicago Tribune's reviewer, Michael Phillips, describes it as a "deadly dull anti-Islam propaganda piece". The Washington City Paper's reviewer, Louis Bayard, argues that "If Davis and Daly had a little imagination, they might see that the devil they’re chasing isn't Islam but fundamentalism, which assumes many forms."
See also
References
- 'Hot-button film should provoke discussions now' by Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer
- MOVIE mojo – Islam Film opening today – Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 12 July 2006
- Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?", Chicago Daily Herald, 7 July 2006, p. 37.
- "Islam: What the West Needs to Know" **1/2 – Chicago Sun-Times. 7 July 2006
- ^ 'Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know' by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
- Bayard, Louis (July 7–13, 2006). "Islam: What the West Needs to Know".
External links
- Islam: What the West Needs to Know. Official website.
- Islam: What the West Needs to Know at IMDb
- C-SPAN Q&A interview with Robert Spencer, featuring clips from Islam: What the West Needs to Know, August 20, 2006
- Discussion with Robert Spencer, Walid Shoebat, and Serge Trifkovic about the movie.
- American Film Renaissance Festival
