Rare stencil-coloured images of early 20th century Delhi during a Muslim festival.
Extraordinary footage of prayers in the Punjabi capital.
Muharram procession through Lahore bazaar, crowded streets and buildings.
Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
No Sudão, uma província do Quedivato do Egipto, onde os britânicos estavam bastante presentes em virtude do Canal de Suez, surgiu um líder religioso carismático, que se declarou como uma espécie de Messias, determinado a unir o Islão: o Mahdi. As tentativas egípcias para o derrotar fracassam redondamente. Decidido a não interferir além do necessário, o governo britânico envia o carismático General Gordon numa missão quase impossível: defender a cidade de Cartum, e os egípcios e os sudaneses que estão lá, e que o Mahdi ameaça massacrar se não o aceitarem como chefe supremo.
Jacob chooses his beloved son Joseph as his successor. Joseph's 11 other brothers get jealous and throw Joseph in a well and tell their father that Joseph is dead. Jacob gets blind out of sorrow....
Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Meša Selimović.
Everyone in his village believes that Zein is a simpleton, a half-wit, an amiable buffoon. Thus, his braying laughter and public declarations of love for village maidens only win laughter rather than anger, beatings or worse. However, Haneen, a wandering Muslim holy man, perceives something more in this figure of fun: genuine piety and an inner radiance, marked by a powerful spiritual intelligence. One other person sees more in Zein than most do- the beautiful, pious and sedate young girl in the village.
No século V da era cristã, a maioria das tribos árabes ainda acredita numa multiplicidade de deuses e ídolos de barro. Meca, a cidade sagrada, onde Abraão terá erguido um templo - a Caaba - é lar de mais de trezentos ídolos. Mas tudo está prestes a ser abalado quando Maomé, um dos filhos da cidade, alega ter tido uma visão de um anjo e recebido uma mensagem de Deus - o único Deus verdadeiro, a quem todos devem adorar. Mas nem todos estão dispostos a acreditar nele...
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
The richest merchant in XIX century Sarajevo and his fellow travelers are captured by a group of bandits. In order to learn more about merchant’s riches, the bandits’ leader investigates the group and discovers that merchant’s wife, who cheated on merchant during one of his travels, later – in fear of his vengeance played to be possessed by “rage”. Looking for the cure, the merchant brings his wife to Ahmed Jusuf – former warrior and man of authority. Jusuf advised the merchant to take his wife and move into another region – having an idea on what was the story behind wife’s rage, bat also in an attempt to protect himself from the feelings that have already stifled.
Oriana Fallaci, the Italian journalist who is noted for her provocative interviews, interviews the leader of the Islamic Revolution, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on Sept 12, 1979. For 10 days Oriana Fallaci waited in the holy city of Qum for her interview with the 79 year old Ayatollah, who is the de facto ruler of Iran. On Sept. 12, she was led into the Faizeyah religious school, where Khomeini holds his audiences. She was accompanied by two Iranians Nyho and Iran prime minster Banisadr who had helped set up the interview and who served as translators. Oriana Fallaci, barefoot, enveloped in a chador, the head to toe veil of the Moslem woman, was seated on a carpet, when the Ayatollah entered, and the recorded interview could begin.
Turna is brought from Turkey to Germany by her husband Dursun to start a new life. She soon realizes that he keeps her locked up in their flat every time he leaves for work in order to save her from immoral influences of the Western society. The dream of a better life becomes an inner fight between her culture and her freedom.
Short documentary about Pakistani musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (1948-1997), leading exponent of Sufi devotional qawwali singing.
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
Biografia do famoso líder afro-americano (Denzel Washington) que teve o pai, um pastor, assassinado pela Klu Klux Klan e sua mãe internada por insanidade. Ele foi um malandro de rua e enquanto esteve preso descobriu o islamismo. Malcolm faz sua conversão religiosa como um discípulo messiânico de Elijah Mohammed (Al Freeman Jr.). Ele se torna um fervoroso orador do movimento e se casa com Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). Malcolm X ora uma doutrina de ódio contra o homem branco até que, anos mais tarde, quando fez uma peregrinação à Meca abranda suas convicções. Foi nesta época que se converteu ao original islamismo e se tornou um "Sunni Muslim", mudando o nome para El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz, mas o esforço de quebrar o rígido dogma da Nação Islã teve trágicos resultados.
Ali Abd-El-Zaher is a member of an Islamic radical group which has been launching attacks against the government and the society under the orders of the spiritual leader Brother Saif. Ali manages to assasinate an officer, but as he escapes from the authorities he gets hit by a car driven by Sewsan, the daughter of a respected Muslim family living in the Maadi district. Sewsan's father who is a surgeon and his family take care of the injured terrorist who then tries to conceal the truth about his personality, such as his dislike of music, unveiled women and Western life styles.
We feel as if we are discovering Turkey for the first time. All of a sudden, we came across a Türkiye with imam marriage and congregations. Actually, that Türkiye has always existed, but we seem to be ignoring it. Especially the iftar dinner given by Prime Minister Erbakan to the leaders of the sect suddenly increased the discussions even more. Sects are a danger to the Republic for some of us, and star people for peace in the country according to others. Regardless, the truth of sects is now a part of our lives. Tonight we will open a 2-part sects file. How many sects are there in Turkey? Who participates, how and why? How do they enter and what do they do? What are the advantages of being a cult member? How many members do sects have? Is Türkiye about to surrender to the sects? Here you will find answers to hundreds of more questions like these. Rıdvan Akar joined various sects. He studied the positive and negative aspects of the sects world. A beautiful file has emerged...
In this special, writer Michael Wolfe documents his trip to Islam's holiest shrine for "ABC News Nightline."
Quando um autocarro explode no Brooklin tem início uma guerrilha que deixa a sua marca sangrenta nas ruas de Nova Iorque. O agente do FBI Anthony Hubbard e o General Devereaux são encarregados de encontrar os terroristas, mas ambos discordam radicalmente na maneira de proceder.