"Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein Women in the Middle East: Peace in the Middle East???Are you joking? "Islam" a movie by Bryan Dali and Gregory Davis XING View Nina Mohadjer's profile on LinkedIn
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Friday, July 17, 2009

Peace in the Middle East???Are you joking? "Islam" a movie by Bryan Dali and Gregory Davis




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First i had read the reviews for this movie. I saw from 5 stars to 1 star. This was the best indication for me not to judge the movie immediately, but to watch it myself.
The movie starts with the peaceful call for "salat", a peaceful Allahu Akbar, which is very calming.
It ends also with Allahu Akbar, but at that time not said for salat by a moazzin, but by a hateful immam in Iraq of February 2003.
Between these two scenes at the beginning and at the end, the directors switches from the political views, which are described as the diplomatic views, and the commentators, which are supposed to see the real Islam.
Blair, Bush, Clinton, and even Rice are shown, while saying that the Iraq invasion was not a fight against Islam or the arab world, but against the terrorists. Tony Blair even goes as far as saying that he really learned so much from Islam and greets his interviewer from al' Jasira TV in Arabic.
Then Bat ye'Or and Robert Spencer describe their vision of Islam, citing surehs out of concept, and rather going into the hadith. Apparently they forgot that NO religious book gets a 2nd edition, including the Holy Books of Christianity and Judaism. It is up to the human being and their brain to take the rule book and apply it to the modern way of life.
Robert Spence goes as far as saying that those who consider themselves peaceful Muslims, are infidels in the name of Islam.
He and a former PLO verbally attack Islam the same way the muazzin attacks Jews.
In conclusion I would actually recommend this movie to anyone who wants to see WHY we will never have peace in the Middle East. It is because of people like Robert Spence and the Imam at the end of the movie. it is because these people see the differences between religions, instead of concentrating on the similarities. It is because they want to get their 5 minutes of fame and are willing to watch and find reasons for killings of innocent people.
This said, I just say at the very end: Allahu Akbar for ALL human being, regardless of their faith.

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Anonymous pastor said...

most of us generally believe what our parents teach us as kids and as adults try to find ways to justify the belief.

one can still respect a parent, but we have to learn that it's ok to choose a different path.

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