Rating: 
Summary: The truth is not on the surface
Review: This beautiful film certainly does make one wonder why Islam is so often accused of viscious crimes. It also makes one wonder why it is that most Muslim countries are dictatorships and that women in most muslim countries have little to no rights. The reason that you will see none of this in the documentary is because this is pure propoganda, the movie might as well be called 'convert to the worlds fastest growing religion'. I was not impressed with this film. It could have tried to be less biased. I imagine if the same directors had made a film about christianity they would have also enlightened the viewer to the dark side of chirsendom, namely the inquisition and the crusades. This is a pure puff piece, not informative about much of what goes on in Islam. This film doesnt go into some of the more crude parts of the Hajj, where Sheep are 'sacrificed' by having their throats slit. This film doesnt touch on many of the parts of the Koran that are offensive and anti christian and anti-Jewish. The film doesnt touch on what the meaning of 'Jihad' is and how Islam portrays the world in two parts(Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb). The filom could have touched on the sensitive subject of Womens status in Islamic societies but it decided to stay away from that in favor of only telling us about the 'religion of peace'. This documentary had high hopes and potential but it fails utterly in prtraying an important religion which needs to be understood in the West. Yet understanding does not mean glazing over the negative aspects and having no cirtique. Understanding doesnt mean accepting propoganda, the documentary had a duty to portray all slices of the Koran, not just the 'beautiful' parts.
Rating: 
Summary: Bias, Bias and more bias
Review: This beautiful film certainly does make one wonder why Islam is so often accused of viscious crimes. It also makes one wonder why it is that most Muslim countries are dictatorships and that women in most muslim countries have little to no rights. The reason that you will see none of this in the documentary is because this is pure propoganda, the movie might as well be called 'convert to the worlds fastest growing religion'. I was not impressed with this film. It could have tried to be less biased. I imagine if the same directors had made a film about christianity they would have also enlightened the viewer to the dark side of chirsendom, namely the inquisition and the crusades. This is a pure puff piece, not informative about much of what goes on in Islam. This film doesnt go into some of the more crude parts of the Hajj, where Sheep are 'sacrificed' by having their throats slit. This film doesnt touch on many of the parts of the Koran that are offensive and anti christian and anti-Jewish. The film doesnt touch on what the meaning of 'Jihad' is and how Islam portrays the world in two parts(Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb). The filom could have touched on the sensitive subject of Womens status in Islamic societies but it decided to stay away from that in favor of only telling us about the 'religion of peace'. This documentary had high hopes and potential but it fails utterly in prtraying an important religion which needs to be understood in the West. Yet understanding does not mean glazing over the negative aspects and having no cirtique. Understanding doesnt mean accepting propoganda, the documentary had a duty to portray all slices of the Koran, not just the 'beautiful' parts.
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