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2007 film

Islam: What the West Needs to Know
File:Islam What the West Needs to Know - Front Cover.gifFront Cover
Directed by	Gregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly
Produced by	Quixotic Media
Starring	Robert Spencer, Walid Shoebat, Bat Yeor, Serge Trifkovic, Abdullah Al-Araby
Release dates	July 17, 2007
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Islam: What the West Needs to Know is a documentary film produced by Quixotic Media. The film is an examination of Islam, featuring discussions using passages from the religious texts. The film 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 summer 2006 in Chicago, Washington DC, and Atlanta.

File:Islam What the West Needs to Know - Back Cover.gif

Islam: What the West Needs to Know - Back Cover

Reviews

Some have considered the film to be important, with the Gwinnett Daily Post describing its message as "mind-blowing". Other reviewers criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic and biased and even propagandist against Islam. It has also been criticized as being boring.

A film review by The Charlotte Observer 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."

^ 'Hot-button film should provoke discussions now' by Lawrence Toppman, The Charlotte Observer
MOVIE mojo - Islam Film opening today - Atlanta-Journal Constitution. 12 July, 2006
Message of 'Islam' bogged down by boring delivery - Gwinnett Daily Post. 07 July, 2006
Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?", Chicago Daily Herald, 7 July 2006, p. 37.
"Islam: What the West Needs to Know" **1/2 - Chicago Sun-Times. 07 July, 2006
^ 'Movie reviews: 'The War Tapes' and 'Islam: What the West Needs to Know' by Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Message of 'Islam' bogged down by boring delivery - Gwinnett Daily Post. 07 July, 2006

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