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series of three videos Produced by Kanakna Documentary in Association with Mundovision
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series of three videos Produced by Kanakna Documentary in Association with Mundovision
Ltd.
As the threat of global confrontation escalates, this thought-provoking series provides the Western world with deeper understanding of the diversity of Muslim viewpoints about Islam. Muslims from many countries speak out about what they perceive as the menace from the West. Attitudes towards the veil become a metaphor for other spiritual and political convictions.
This series will be a springboard for discussion for students of the Middle East.
"Reasoned and respectful, this series provides enlightenment for Westerners plagued by the stereotypes of monomaniacal Islamic fundamentalists." Booklist
Middle East Studies Association, 1998
Each video: 52 min. Sale $195. Video rental $75. Purchased together: video $495, DVD $555.
Born Again Muslims makes clear that the Muslim world is not monolithic in its views. We meet the liberal Islamists in Turkey who want to co-exist with the West and Western ways. For them the veil is a matter of individual choice. In the Sudan, only Muslim-born women must wear the veil by law. Hardliners of Iran require all women to be completely covered, a custom promoted by the mullahs and vigorously enforced by the police.
The Holy Warriors examines the reasons for more radical interpretations of the Quran in Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Analysis of the jihad helps Westerners perceive why some Muslims believe that they can escape Westernization only through violence, how one man's terrorism may be another man's patriotism. How then can differing cultures find a common basis for mutual respect?
Is the gap between the West and moderate Muslims widening? Is the West determined to impose its value system on Islamic nations without regard to national preferences, thus radicalizing local patriots? Are all Western motives self-serving? When both cultures accept - and honor- that their definitions of democracy and human rights differ, there is a firm basis for dialogue now, and peaceful co-existence in the future
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