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'''''Islam: What the West Needs to Know''''' is a ] produced by Quixotic Media. The film is an examination of ], violence and the fate of the ] world<sup>]]</sup> featuring discussions using passages from the religious texts. The film includes commentaries by ], ], ], ], and former terrorist ].<sup>]]</sup>
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'''''Islam: What the West Needs to Know''''' is a 2006 ] produced by ]. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by ], ], ], ], and ]. The film premiered at the ] in ] on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006.


==Critical reception==
==Synopsis==
While some reviewers have had a positive reception to the film,<ref name="ChOb">, ]</ref> others have criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic, biased and propagandist against Islam.<ref>Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?", ''Chicago Daily Herald'', 7 July 2006, p. 37.</ref><ref> – ]. 7 July 2006</ref><ref name="ChTrib"> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023505/http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/movies/mmx-060707-movies-review-islam,0,7464425.story?coll=mmx-movies_top_heds |date=2007-03-11 }}, '']''</ref> The '']''{{'}}s reviewer, Michael Phillips, describes it as a "deadly dull anti-Islam propaganda piece".<ref name="ChTrib"/> The ''Washington City Paper''{{'}}s reviewer, Louis Bayard, argues that "If Davis and Daly had a little imagination, they might see that the devil they’re chasing isn't Islam but ], which assumes many forms."<ref>{{cite news|last=Bayard|first=Louis|title=Islam: What the West Needs to Know|url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=33009|date=July 7–13, 2006|access-date=2009-05-20|archive-date=2009-08-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808105048/http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php?id=33009|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film has been described as an "anti-Muslim documentary" in the context of the ] movement.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17448689.2012.738894|title='Welcome to the Counterjihad': Uncivil Networks and the Narration of European Public Spheres|first=Nick|last=Denes|year=2012|journal=Journal of Civil Society|pages=289–306|issue=3|volume=8|doi=10.1080/17448689.2012.738894 |s2cid=144605155 }}</ref>
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''Islam: What the West Needs to Know'' argues that Islam is a violent religion bent on ]. The documentary uses passages from the canonical texts of Islam as its source material. It is presented in six parts:

:1. ''There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet'': In the first part, various commentators argue that Islamic violence stems from the teachings and examples of ] and that the ] prescribes and sanctions violence against non-Muslims.
:2. ''The Struggle'': In the second part, Walid Shoebat defines the word "]" to mean the struggle to impose Allah's will over the earth, resulting in holy war against the non-Muslim world in order to bring it under the rule of Islam.
:3. ''Expansion'': In the third part, Bat Ye'or describes the expansion of ] through conquest and presents historical evidence of ] and ]s of ]s, ]s, ]s and ]s by Muslim invaders.
:4. ''War is Deceit'': In the fourth part, Robert Spencer and Serge Trifkovic discuss the Islamic principle of ], Islamic dissimulation, which, the lecturers argue, enjoins ]s to deceive non-Muslims in order to advance the cause of Islam.
:5. ''More than a Religion'': In the fifth part, the documentary asserts that "] governs every aspect of religious, political, and personal action, which amounts to a form of ] that is divinely enjoined to dominate the world, analogous in many ways to ]".
:6. ''The House of War'': The final part covers the division of the world into ] ("the house of Islam" or "the house of peace"), the land governed by the ], and ] ("the house of war"), the land of non-Muslims. According to the film, Muslims are enjoined to bring the Dar al-Harb under the control of Islam. The film argues, "Muslims in Western nations are called to subvert the secular regimes in which they now live in accordance with Allah's command."

==Reviews==
Some have considered the film to be important,<ref name="ChOb">, ]</ref><ref name="AJC"> - ]. ], ]</ref> with the ''Gwinnett Daily Post'' describing its message as "mind-blowing".<ref> - Gwinnett Daily Post. ], ]</ref> Other reviewers criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic and biased and even propagandist against Islam.<ref>Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?", ''Chicago Daily Herald'', 7 July 2006, p. 37.</ref><ref> - ]. ], ]</ref><ref>Phillips, Michael <u>Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know'</u> </ref> It has also been critiqued for being boring<ref>Phillips, Michael <u>Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know'</u> </ref><ref> - Gwinnett Daily Post. ], ]</ref> or for demanding a certain level of concentration.<ref name="AJC"/>

A film review by '']'' which does not accept or reject the film's thesis is summarized into the back cover of the video wrapping with the phrase, "if their central thesis is true -- and it's worth considering -- then this is the most horrific film of the 21st century so far."<sup>]]</sup><ref name="ChOb"/>


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2006 American film
Islam: What the West Needs to Know
Front Cover
Directed byGregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly
Produced byGregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly
StarringRobert Spencer, Walid Shoebat, Bat Yeor, Serge Trifkovic, Abdullah Al-Araby
Release dates
  • January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15) (American Renaissance Film Festival)
  • July 7, 2006 (2006-07-07) (United States)
Running time98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Islam: What the West Needs to Know is a 2006 propaganda film produced by Quixotic Media. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, and Walid Shoebat. The film premiered at the American Film Renaissance Festival in Hollywood on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006.

Critical reception

While some reviewers have had a positive reception to the film, others have criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic, biased and propagandist against Islam. The Chicago Tribune's reviewer, Michael Phillips, describes it as a "deadly dull anti-Islam propaganda piece". The Washington City Paper's reviewer, Louis Bayard, argues that "If Davis and Daly had a little imagination, they might see that the devil they’re chasing isn't Islam but fundamentalism, which assumes many forms." The film has been described as an "anti-Muslim documentary" in the context of the counter-jihad movement.

See also

References

  1. 'Hot-button film should provoke discussions now' by Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer
  2. Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?", Chicago Daily Herald, 7 July 2006, p. 37.
  3. "Islam: What the West Needs to Know" **1/2 – Chicago Sun-Times. 7 July 2006
  4. ^ 'Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know' by Michael Phillips Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine, Chicago Tribune
  5. Bayard, Louis (July 7–13, 2006). "Islam: What the West Needs to Know". Archived from the original on 2009-08-08. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
  6. Denes, Nick (2012). "'Welcome to the Counterjihad': Uncivil Networks and the Narration of European Public Spheres". Journal of Civil Society. 8 (3): 289–306. doi:10.1080/17448689.2012.738894. S2CID 144605155.

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