This blog is written by a Christian living in the Middle East. My desire is to discuss Islam and Christianity in ways that will be helpful for people of the other religion.
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Obsession, anyone seen this movie?
Trailer looks interesting. Has anyone seen this? I'd be interested in knowing what you thought.
I heard it's quite popular over there in the US. Is that right? I think one can see from the title alone that this is a polemic. But hey, the Reformation was built on polemics, more than theology...
I have lived in Saudi Arabia. I traveled around the country for 8 years, listened to sermons from Makkah & Madinah. I’ve also traveled around Pakistan and I can tell you the film is absolutely false
I am not the only one who thinks so.
The scholar Eric Hamako described it as a
----“conservative propaganda film.”-----
Race, Oppression and the Zombie: Essays on Cross-Cultural Appropriations of the Caribbean Tradition page 110
Edited By Christopher M. Moreman & Cory James Rushton
The book
Islamophobia : The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century
was co-edited by Professor John Esposito who has written on the Gallup Poll covering 90% of the world’s Muslim population,
It mentions the following about “Obsession” on page 83
-----“a stereotype-filled propaganda film”-----
Robin Saul, president and publisher of North Carolina News and Record refused to sell the film because
-----“We didn’t see it as educational a all. It was fear-mongering and divisive.----
With regards to Islamic law, you might find this quote interesting (the book was co-edited by a non-muslim professor of Criminology)
------“Most Scholars attribute the low Saudi Arabian crime rate mainly to the strong influence of Islam in various spheres of life in Saudi society, particularly to the implementation of Shariah. “----
Transnational and comparative criminology
Edited by Professor Sheptycki and Professor Wardack Pages 94-95
3 comments:
i've got it in my bookshelf ready to watch (thanks to interlibrary loan).. I'll try to write on it when I finally watch it.
honestly, it looks absurd to me. :)
I heard it's quite popular over there in the US. Is that right? I think one can see from the title alone that this is a polemic. But hey, the Reformation was built on polemics, more than theology...
I have lived in Saudi Arabia. I traveled around the country for 8 years, listened to sermons from Makkah & Madinah. I’ve also traveled around Pakistan and I can tell you the film is absolutely false
I am not the only one who thinks so.
The scholar Eric Hamako described it as a
----“conservative propaganda film.”-----
Race, Oppression and the Zombie:
Essays on Cross-Cultural
Appropriations of the
Caribbean Tradition
page 110
Edited By Christopher M.
Moreman & Cory James Rushton
The book
Islamophobia : The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century
was co-edited by Professor John Esposito who has written on the Gallup Poll covering 90% of the world’s Muslim population,
It mentions the following about “Obsession” on page 83
-----“a stereotype-filled propaganda film”-----
Robin Saul, president and
publisher of North Carolina
News and Record refused to
sell the film because
-----“We didn’t see it as educational a all. It was fear-mongering and divisive.----
With regards to Islamic law, you might find this quote interesting (the book was co-edited by a non-muslim professor of Criminology)
------“Most Scholars attribute the low Saudi Arabian crime rate mainly to the strong influence of Islam in various spheres of life in Saudi society, particularly to the implementation of Shariah. “----
Transnational and comparative
criminology
Edited by Professor
Sheptycki and Professor
Wardack
Pages 94-95
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