Posted on 06/12/2006 7:20:13 PM PDT by PRePublic
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
New documentary denigrating Islam ready for release
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: A new documentary aimed at denigrating Islam and attempting to show that it is not a religion of peace but war and conflict is due to be released in three US cities on July 7.
The documentary called ‘Islam: what the West needs to know’ has been produced by a company with the improbable name of Quixotic Media and will be initially released in Washington, Atlanta and Chicago.
The 98-minutes film’s main idea, according to the producers, is that it is not correct that those who commit violence in the name of Islam misinterpret the religion’s teachings, because Islam is a “violent, expansionary ideology that seeks the destruction or subjugation of other faiths, cultures and systems of government”. The documentary consists of interviews, selected citations from Islamic texts and Islamic artwork, computer-animated maps, Islamic television broadcasts and footage featuring Western leaders. The producers claim that the film’s tone is “sober, methodical and compelling”.
The documentary starts with prominent Western leaders stating that Islam is a peaceful religion and those who commit violence in its name are “heterodox fanatics”. The first part of the film will seek to make the point that Islamic violence is entirely orthodox behaviour for Muslims and stems directly from the teachings of its founder (pbuh) and the commands of the Quran. The second part will make the point that jihad does not denote “struggle” but war fought against non-Muslims in order to bring the rule of Islamic law to the world. Part three will try it establish that Islam did not spread through evangelism or its own natural appeal, but through “aggressive wars of conquest”. The Crusades will be projected as largely a belated response on the part of Christian Europe to “rescue” Christians in the Holy Land suffering under Muslim “suppression”. The Muslim world of today, the movie will allege, is responsible for the vast majority of conflicts and for almost all international terrorism.
Part four of he documentary will stress that the West has failed to understand that “religious deception” is central to Islam and Muslim groups employ it in the West to create the impression that their religion is a religion of peace. Islam, the documentary will state, is more a system of government than a personal religion, as throughout its history, it has never recognised the distinction between the religious and the secular/political.
“Islamic theology,” the film will attempt to prove “divides the world into two spheres locked in perpetual combat and it is incumbent on the sphere where Islamic law prevails to fight and conquer the one where it does not. Muslims in Western societies, the documentary alleges, are called to subvert the secular regimes in which they live. As such, the “danger posed by observant Muslims in the West remains largely unappreciated”.
In other words, it tells the truth, so its offensive.
The Website:
http://www.whatthewestneedstoknow.com/
Oh, thanks so much for the link.
I haven't been to a movie in years. I'll go to this one.
Boffo box office future, I predict.
No theater will show it unless they want to be blown up. I am sorry to say it, but it is true. There will be threats. Which will of course prove that the movie is true but that won't matter.
Perhaps someone can arrange a viewing for congress
Playing in DC, Atlanta, and Chicago? They should play it in some more conservative cities, too.
Hope a DVD is available soon.
Can't comment on the movie - haven't seen it yet - however from my own personal experience - Malaysia; S'pore and Indonesia - 72-76 - living and working with Muslims was an interesting time.
Most are sweet. Most do not go to Mosque on a regular basis - many pray whever they are when it is is time - it is accepted.
Some - a few are nuts ... I mean crazy zelots. Uneducated - brainwashed and ready to follow their Imans direction without a second thought. That is all they have - they are so destitute and longing for some identity.
I heard stories of an Iman from one place traveling to another and then deciding to "preach" out of their territory - succumed to knife wounds - when his words about the Koran did not match with the local Iman's.
I had a Muslim girlfriend in Sumatra - wore western clothes - we could not touch or kiss unless it was behind closed doors. We could walk the streets together - but not holding hands.
All she wanted was for me to take her to America. Didn't happen.
Most of the Muslim girls of diplomats living in western countries would refuse to return when their fathers were recalled.
Whabbism seems to be the problem - from terrorism - not Islam as a whole.
I do not like how Islam treats women - that is their problem.
There are radicals in every society - we have a few of our own ... and yes I have thoughts of "open season" popping into my head from time to time but have managed to supress them and transmute them to the times I experienced the peaceful - loving and caring parts of Islamic society.
That said - to H*ll with CAIR and all the other rabid Muslims out there.
BTW - has anyone here read "The Book Of Morman"
Are there wide scale attacts on the Catholics going on - I think not - what is the difference?????
Where can I buy a copy??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Captain Obvious to the rescue!!
Read it - and then tell me why Mormorms do not attack Catholics - what is the difference?
What those dedicated to lies fear most: The unvarnished TRUTH.
Pussies! Confronted with reality you all shy away.
Rant your rants - you do not know what you are talking about.
Cheap shots vs real discourse - the FR house could use some cleaning up - but as an open society you will always be with us.
I wrote to Quiotic Media and offered encouragement and to be of help in any way I can.
Their mission is to take on topics that the MSM refuses to, and is one that needs supported in a nation that calls itself "the leader of the free world" but increasingly is making it unacceptable to say, do or even THINK anything that is not approved by the Brave New Worldesque left.
Quiotic Media is sorely needed.
If the Marxist left is allowed to prevent the truth from being heard about Islam and other topics that are destroying our society we will soon find ourselves overrun by the purveyors of lies--if not of Islam then of liberal humanism/Marxism.
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