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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Apr 5, 2006
Pros: Sweeping history of Islam's first 1000 years, reenactments, narration, moves quickly...
Cons: Doesn't focus on tenets of the religion as much as I had hoped...
Summary: In the junior high I teach at, there are five Muslim students that I know of. Two are very good, bright students, two are school-renowned troublemakers, and one is somewhere in between. Given current world events, and seeing the misunderstanding these ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 11, 2004
Pros: Easy to understand with good production values.
Cons: Perhaps a little too critical of medieval Europe.
Summary: I haven't written a review in a long time, I just haven't felt like it. Today I do feel like it, but please forgive me if my writing skills are a little lack-luster. As an ex-student of religion at university some habits die hard, one of these being ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 14, 2002
Pros: Great narrative, interesting material, accurate information.
Cons: Camerawork sometimes distracts from the content of the ideas.
Summary: This documentary provides a visually stimulating recreation of the story of the beginnings of Islam and how it so rapidly spread to other parts of the world. Robert Gardner takes the viewer on an educational journey that holds your interest ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Mar 6, 2007
Pros: Excellent history lesson and factual data narration
Cons: not much information on what Islam teaches
Summary: As a Muslim, I was naturally inclined to watch this documentary. While living in the Western world, there are many negative opinions regarding the Islamic faith- especially the media. I was surprised to discover that this film TRULY exemplified the
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Between the fall of Rome and the European voyages of discovery, few events were more significant than the rise of Islam. Within a few centuries, the I...
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THE OTTOMANS reveals the dramatic transformation of Islam after the Mongol invasion. Nomads enlisted to fight the Mongols stake their own claims and b...
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ISLAM: EMPIRE OF FAITH, a three-part series, re-creates the spectacular sweep of Islamic power and faith during its first 1,000 years, from Muhammad's...
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