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Sunday, October 21, 2007

A Film Not Approved by PBS,
Nation of Islam, or the
Islamic Society in Denmark

I spent a hectic ninety minutes last night, writing and posting a quick synopsis with a few comments, while watching "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics,."

The result isn't even close to a transcript, but sketches out the film's content.

PBS spent quite a bit of money on "Inside Islam..." before they saw what the producers and directors were doing. It was called "Islam vs. Islamists" at that point. The PBS bosses involved tried sending a Nation of Islam representative to shadow and guide the crew, but somehow the filmmakers got it 'wrong,' anyway.

Since "Islam vs. Islamists" was "alarmist" and "overreaching" (PBS version), or insufficiently liberal and non-pc (filmmakers' version), PBS cut the film from their "America at a Crossroads" series. They've cautiously released it to single television stations, well outside the major markets, but carefully kept this "alarming" film from national view.

Until last night, when it ran on FOX News Channel with the title "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics" and with FOX News interviews and commentary between segments.

I hope you saw it. If not, I tried to catch the high points of "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics" on this series of posts.

Better yet, get a DVD of the complete "Islam v. Islamist" DVD at www.islamdocumentary.com.

Posts about "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:"

"Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics" - This blogger's introduction (last section of "Muslims, Terrorism, Islam, PBS, and 'Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics'")

Saturday, October 20, 2007

"Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" France

French filmmaker Mohammed Sifaoui decided to infiltrate an Islamic group in France.

Sifaoui claimed to be a journalist who would make a propaganda film for them.

He is under a death sentence, and had 24/7 French police protection: a fatwa was issued against him when the nature of his undercover work became known.

He was soon joined by a Danish lawmaker.

Remember the Danish cartoon scandal?

A small group of imams, particularly Abu Laban, decided to make the 'anti-Islam' cartoons a global issue.

Sifaoui found out that the Danish cartoons weren't good - or bad - enough, so Abu Laban added a few drawings and an offensive photograph when he went to the Middle East to get support.

In the Middle East, Muslims rioted.

Back in Europe, Naser Khader, Danish politician, became the target of a bomb threat. By Abu Laban's group. Naser Khader had a medical incident involving his heart, was rushed to hospital.

Abu Laban was brought in for questioning, and explained that the death threats were a joke. Then he was released.

FOX News Commentary: PBS big bosses got wind of the allegations of liberal bias being behind the axing of "Islam v. Islamist" - and the U.S. Inspector General is now investigating.

Posts about "Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:"

"Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics" - This blogger's introduction (last section of "Muslims, Terrorism, Islam, PBS, and 'Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics'")

Blogroll

Note! Although I believe that these websites and blogs are useful resources for understanding the War on Terror, I do not necessarily agree with their opinions. ¹

American Islamic Congress
American-Islamic Forum for Democracy
Americas Interests.blog an Australian's perspective (on January 29, 2009 the author announced the end of new posts, and explained his reasons for doing so. He is, however, keeping the 21 months of accumulated posts on line, because of "the role that it plays in a larger ecosystem of information" - I recommend AI as an archival resource. )
Blog 4 Human Rights: Human Rights in Georgia (the nation) News, Opinions, Videos and Photos (Why blogroll this? Georgia is about 10% Muslim, very near the Middle East: and human rights is a critical part of the War on Terror.)
CAIR Council on American-Islamic Relations
The Capitol Tribune "A Journal by a Citizen and Servant of the Republic."
The Conservative Hawk An articulate conservative blog: definitely political, opinionated, informed, and intelligent
Defenders Council of Vermont "...our mission is to educate the citizens of Vermont about the nature, reality and threat of radical Islam, deepen Vermonters' understanding of America's heritage, honor the men and women of the armed services and their families, and support the efforts of others to help our armed forces work with local populations in foreign lands."
DefenseLink Blogger's Roundtable provides source material for stories in the blogosphere concerning the Department of Defense (DoD) by bloggers and online journalists.
FactCheck.org "aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics". It's "a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania". From what I've seen, this non-partisan website must be quite annoying to all sides
Fiqh Council of North America "...a body of qualified Islamic scholars who live in the United States or Canada."
Foreign Policy Watch "Diplomatic strategy, international news, and thoughtful political analysis"
www.free-minds.org Another flavor of True Islam: one more articulate than many
Free Muslims Coalition "American Muslims and Arabs of all backgrounds who feel that religious violence and terrorism have not been fully rejected by the Muslim community in the post 9-11 era."
GlobalSecurity.org "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts. We try to bring you the facts, to help you form your opinion."
Hudson Institute: Center on Islam, Democracy, and the Future of the Muslim World
IntelCenter "Our focus as a company is on studying terrorist groups and other threat actors and disseminating that information in a timely manner to those who can act on it."
Iraq the Model "New points of view about the future of Iraq."
Islam.com "...an information portal site on the internet that is pure, clean and 'worthy of its name', InshaAllah."
islamispeace.org.uk "...invites you to challenge your ideas of Islam and Muslims."
Islamic Circle of North America "... to seek the pleasure of Allah (SWT) through the struggle of Iqamat-ud-Deen (establishment of the Islamic system of life) as spelled out in the Qur'an and the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)"
Islamic Republic News Agency Iran's official news agency
Islamic Society of Central Florida (ISCF) "...an organization which strives to serve the greater Central Florida community by catering to the social, religious, and educational needs of its Muslim inhabitants."
Islamic Society of North America "...playing a pivotal role in extending those bridges to include all people of faith within North America...."
(but note another view) )
Islamic World News أخبار العالم الاسلا
Michael J. Totten's Middle East Journal The War on Terror, as observed on the ground
Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center A research resource for United States Air Force Air University students, "provided as a public service by Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center and the Maxwell Support Division."
Muslamics Affad Shaikh and "A Writing Collaborative" This American Muslim Affad Shaikh, a very west-coast Muslim Los Angelano
Muslims Against Sharia An organization of Muslims, presumably dedicated "...to educate non-Muslims about the differences between moderate Muslims and Islamists..." - with a curious way of practicing Peace, Love Light, (words in their website's logo).
National Interest, and as a corollary, Primacy "These are indeed my personal pontifications on the vicissitudes of International Affairs." (Be prepared for big words, long sentences: and unexpected insights.)
PM’S World
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty "disseminating factual information and ideas"
The Straits Times (Singapore) "...strives to be an authoritative provider of news and views, with special focus on Singapore and the Asian region...."
Urban Conservative "Conservative 2.0 - A New Breed of Conservative
Why Islam? "... articles, books etc on Islam and comparative religion. ... initiated by volunteers from ICNA (Islamic Circle of North America). ..."

¹ Given a recent misunderstanding of the phrase "useful resources," a clarification: I do not limit my reading to resources which support my views, or even to those which appear to be accurate. Reading opinions contrary to what I believed has been very useful at times: sometimes verifying my previous assumptions, sometimes encouraging me to change them.

Even resources which, in my opinion, are simply inaccurate are sometimes useful: these can give valuable insights into why some people or groups believe what they do.

In short, It is my opinion that some of the resources in this blogroll are neither accurate, nor unbiased. I do, however, believe that they are useful in understanding the War on Terror, the many versions of Islam, terrorism, and related topics.

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Sunday, October 21, 2007

A Film Not Approved by PBS, Nation of Islam, or the Islamic Society in Denmark

Saturday, October 20, 2007

"Inside Islam: Faith vs. Fanatics:" France

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A Film Not Approved by PBS,
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