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Serge Trifkovic, Robert Spencer, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, Walid Shoebat

This documentary sets out to investigate the notion that Islam is a "religion of peace" and explore the widely circulated idea that those who commit violent acts in the name of Islam are a fanatic few... read more read more.... The filmmakers try to hold Islam's own sources to the light to make the controversial claim that the religion is actually driven by a violent, expansionary ideology that seeks to conquer any contradictory religion, culture, and, ultimately, government. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Abdullah Al-Araby, Bat Ye'or, Bryan Daly, Gregory M. Davis, Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Walid Shoebat

Release Date: July 7, 2006

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DVD Release Date: October 17, 2006

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  • Peaceandsuffering216
    June 27, 2011
    Peaceandsuffering216
    There are always two sides to every piece of propaganda, the side that loves it and considers it to be true and the side that considers it to be filth. I have to agree with the second side, this movie is garbage. The funniest part of the whole thing is the fact that the people in... read moreterviewed about Islam are either Christian or Jewish. The man claiming to be a former terrorist was far too old to have been part of the PLO's terrorist program and his accounts of terror can't be recognized by either the PLO or the state of Israel. It's so easy to look at the radical side of Islam as being bad and not trying to understand where these people come from and what their history is, especially with the West. Have they done terrible and awful things in the name of Allah? Yes, and so has Christianity, Judaism, and every other major religion in the name of their deity/deities. How are the Crusades any different from the Jihad against America? They aren't. Is slaughter ok just because we are the ones killing? No it's not. People need to wake up and see that every religion has their crazies, but to consider nearly 1.5 billion people to be evil and against us is not only wrong but dangerously stupid. I should have known better then to watch this, but I was willing to give anyone a chance until proven otherwise... including the xenophobic Right Wing nut jobs that created this movie.
  • Donegal
    June 20, 2010
    Donegal
    I see a lot of comments saying that this film is all lies, but what in this film is false? They are presenting facts right out of the Koran! Muslims are encouraged to lie outright about their beliefs to protect themselves when they are in the minority. FACT. Islam is not just a r... read moreeligion but a social and political dogma. FACT. Muslims are commanded to make war against unbelievers and to convert, enslave, or kill them. FACT.

    I can and do believe that there are Muslims who DO want peace and want nothing to do with terrorism and imperialism, but these are not the majority!
  • mrqu1cky
    January 28, 2010
    mrqu1cky
    Is this propaganda movie? Yes. Are the narrators biased? Yes. Was Walid Shoebat really a member of the PLO? That's debatable. Does the material presented in this video present an accurate portrayal of islam on the world stage. Some may disagree, but I have traveled to the ot... read moreher hemisphere, and from what I've witnessed first hand, it is spot on. I highly recommend this movie to any westerner unfamiliar with Islam. Afterwards, you can judge for yourself. I read the news from southeast asia on a weekly basis. This stuff is really happening folks, and if you haven't noticed it, you should. Look up September 11, 1683.
  • manucsharma
    May 9, 2007
    manucsharma
    Accurate facts, Also needs similar criticism of islams consanguine religions Judaism and Christianity.

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Bill Stamets
July 7, 2006
Bill Stamets, Chicago Sun-Times

What viewers need to know -- if provoked by this film -- is there's far more nuance in Mary Habeck's book Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror and Paul Berman's Terror and Libera... Full Review

Michael Phillips
July 6, 2006
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Islam, Spencer asserts at one point, stands as the only big-league religion that 'mandates violence against non-believers.' Considering what has been done to whom in the name of other religions, that ... Full Review

Jason Ferguson
July 19, 2007
Jason Ferguson, Orlando Weekly

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