Customer Reviews
you really want obama now? 
2008-08-24
Finally the reality of the war on terror is explained.
You will finally understand the enemy and its tactics
and you can think of a way to delay the next jihad for a thousand years.
but you will realise that there is no complete end to the jihad even if israel was to be returned back to palestine
and you will now see how silly the aclu is and the PC world is
aiding and abetting the enemy.
Should be called Fundamentalism: What the West Needs to Know 
2008-08-17
This documentary has so many problems that I hardly know what to say. I am not a Muslim, nor am I an Islamic studies expert, but I know enough to shed some light on the obvious one-sided viewpoint that this documentary espouses.
The problems with this movie begin with the fact that it is a documentary. Most of the documentaries that I have seen anchor themselves around a few valid points and then surround those points with debatable interpretations and misinformation. This is certainly the case with Islam: What the West Needs to Know. Yes, there are fundamentalists around the world, and some of them are Muslim, but to build a documentary about all of Islam around a small percentage of radicalized people is incredibly misleading. This is really a documentary about the fundamentalist aspects of Islam and nothing more.
For those who would like to more objectively explore some of the issues raised in this documentary, here are several points that may help.
There was nothing positive about Islam presented in the documentary.
The documentary focuses on the Middle East, but more Muslims live outside of that region. More Muslims live in China, believe it or not, than in Saudi Arabia. About 40% of all Muslims live in Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Indonesia.
The translation of the Qur'an used in the documentary is a questionable one. I watched the documentary while viewing another translation and the differences were striking. I had been warned about the translation that was used in the documentary and now I know why. Surrah 98:6 is a good example. The documentary suggests that the Surrah says that disbelievers will go to hell. But the translation I have reads instead: "Those who reject Truth among the People of the Book and among the Polytheists will be in hellfire." The difference is that those who reject Truth are those people who know about God and the Truth of God and decide to reject it anyways.
The movie mentioned that there is no morality inherent in Islam, but this is not true. Although it is true that much comes from the Qur'an and Hadith, Islam also recognizes a concept called `Urf or "normative behavior." Obviously what is normative can be interpreted many ways, but `Urf is meant to be "good" behavior, what an average person would consider right or wrong.
The documentary presents Shar'ia (Islamic Law) as being one unified body of knowledge that all Muslims follow. This is simply not true. There are many Islamic schools of law and they range from progressive and modernist to fundamentalist in the way they interpret law.
The Hadith tradition is similar. There are thousands of Hadith and each school of law accepts some and rejects others. Using the Hadith without serious scholarship to determine which ones are accurate, real and applicable, is indiscriminately picking and choosing quotations from history that fit what you want to say... which is what the documentary did.
What I hope people realize is that fundamentalism is the problem, not Islam or any other religion. Christianity has fundamentalists that shoot abortion clinic doctors and so on. I know this is not the same as suicide bombing, just understand that the righteousness of fundamentalism is arguably the problem. If you feel you have THE answer, then everyone else must be wrong. But if you feel you have AN answer you can work together with other people's views about politics, religion, God, or whatever.
Must See for Every American 2008-07-13
If you are sick, shouldn't you study and know what the disease is that you are fighting? If you are in a war shouldn't know your enemy? Watch this and you will know our/your enemy! Very informative and eye openning! A must see for every American and good information during this very important Presidential election!!
Islam: what the west needs to know 
2008-07-12
I didn't realize how ignorant about "Islam" I was until the veneer of of the Koran and the teachings of Mohammed were revealed to me by this DVD.
Every Christian and certainly any follower of a religeon other than "Islam" should see this DVD. We all need to tell our friends and those we love and care about to watch it with us and then talk about what we learned and how our perceptions of "Islam" were affected.
Incredible! 2008-07-11
This movie is the most powerful film available in this pivotal time in history. Elections are around the corner and I know that we better have a president who has the guts to speak and act outside the self imposing harm caused by political correctness. And let the American people know the truth. There are much bigger problems than gas prices, your light bill, your bad kids, your psycho boss, your crazy mother in law, your terrible outfit, your flat tire. This movie addresses one issue that threatens the freedom of everyone on this planet. Bad things happen when good people do nothing. Enough said watch this movie and then vote for a president even if he's the best of the worst who will not bow down to the deceitful and barbaric enemies that plot against the worlds freedom. Don't let this video just be another interesting thought provoking flick and then you do nothing. Spread it like you would if you had the cure to cancer itself. Do your part.
Islam video -- RAW 2008-05-30
An examination of Islam, violence, and the fate of the non-Muslim world.
Virtually every major Western leader has over the past several years expressed the view that Islam is a peaceful religion and that those who commit violence in its name are fanatics who misinterpret its tenets. This claim, while widely circulated, rarely attracts serious public examination. Now, the question is finally being asked, "Is Islam itself violent?"
Through an examination of the Koran, other Islamic texts, and the example of the prophet Muhammad, this documentary establishes, through a sober and methodical presentation, that violence against non-Muslims is and has always been an integral aspect of Islam. "Jihad," while best translated as "struggle," as represented in the Koran and the life of Muhammad, means nothing less than organized warfare against unbelievers. Relying primarily on Islam's own sources, this documentary demonstrates that Islam is a violent, expansionary ideology that seeks the destruction or subjugation of other faiths, cultures, and systems of government.
The documentary consists of original interviews, citations from Islamic texts, Islamic artwork, computer-animated maps, footage of Western leaders, and Islamic television broadcasts. Its tone is sober, methodical, and compelling.
Features interviews with noted experts on Islam including Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, and former terrorist Walid Shoebat.
Christian Right Propaganda 2008-05-23
I am an atheist, and I believe that all abrahamic religions has done more harm than good throughout the history. That being said, I was extremely dissapointed with this documentary. It ignores all the social and historical factors and claims that Islam itself is the only cause of war in the world. Actually in one part, one of the speakers says that "If we subtract the wars caused my Muslims, the world is actually a pretty peaceful place.", and in another part, the speaker compares Islam to Communism and concludes that they're very similar! That's how shallow this thing is! Anyone can easily do a similar documentary for Christianity and call it "Christianity: What the east needs to know". I watched this with the expectation that it would be like one of Richard Dawkins documentaries, but it was nothing like that. This is just pure Christian Right Propaganda. So, if you want to see an extremely shallow propaganda film about how evil Islam is, go ahead and buy this. If you want to read or watch something intelligent about harms of religion, I would suggest Richard Dawkins or Daniel Dennett.
LIES, DECEPTION & FALSEHOODS 2008-05-10
This video was well done propaganda- but can be easily debunked by the informed mind. This video is well worth watching just to hear the statements of the oppressed Muslims in that part of the world. AMERICA HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS THE HOME OF THE SLAVE AND HIS SLAVE MASTER, since its illegitimate birth. Slavery is still practiced in America, it has just morphed into a new, more insidious form.
If you hit a man upside his head, KILL MILLIONS of his brothers and sisters, take his land and oil, then invade his HOLY and SACRED sites, what do you expect? America needs to get out of Africa (the so-called "Middle East") YESTERDAY. I do not support American Imperialism, I am a victim of it. (Dragging me and mine out of Africa against our will to work for you and yours for 400 years to build this country by a bunch of hypocrites---KILLING MILLIONS of BLACK PEOPLE in your thirst for riches)OVER 600 MILLION TO BE EXACT---and then refuse to issue a formal apology, let alone pay reparations. What devils! This is truly a sick society!
Furthermore, 9/11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB designed to create a PRETEXT FOR WAR, part of the Neo-con's strategy. Watch the DVD's "IN PLANE SIGHT", "LOOSE CHANGE", NO END IN SIGHT", "THE POWER OF NIGHTMARES", "WHO KILLED JOHN O'NEIL", "TERRORSTORM, et. al. Seeing is Believing! Didn't no 19 hijackers w/boxcutters who could barely fly a Cessna jet, highjack 4 commercial airliners and fly through AMERICAN airspace without being shot down---unless there was some complicity by our government officials. NORAD SEES ALMOST EVERYTHING! This was an atempted MAGIC TRICK by an inept group of magicians, trying to use fear to scare the American Public. This was a Classic "False Flag Operation. Never before in the history of fires in skyscrapers has fire brought down one, no not one skyscraper(other skyscrapers have burned for 18 hours and didn't buckle-the Twin Towers burned 57 minutes and a little over an hour respectively)!
Cheyney gave the order to STAND DOWN-when the plane was 20 minutes away from the Pentagon, and repeated it when it was 10 minutes away-testified to by Congressman Minetta before Congress. WAKE UP AMERICA! Our congressional representatives need to call for impeachment of both Bush and his crew, so that we can get to the truth of what happened on 9/11! But most of them are hemmed in by Zionist monies. Stand up Black man and speak the truth! You need to stop grinnin' and shufflin'! Those days are over! TRUTH CRUSHED TO EARTH WILL RISE AGAIN--------HOTEP!
A Most Important DVD 2008-05-08
I am very pleased with this purchase (the DVD "Islam: What the West Needs to Know"). Of course, I knew that I would be; I had already seen this film on the website [...]. Furthermore, I would strongly recommend that anyone who reads this review go to [...], examine the information there and take the 98 minutes it takes to watch this film (this film can be viewed in its entirety on [...]); all Americans need to visit [...] and watch this film to learn the real truth about Islam and to gain a full understanding of the terrible threat it represents to our country and the rest of the free world. As Albert Einstein said, "The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
Catholic-apologist and fearmonger without legitimate basis in Islam 2008-05-01
I don't understand why ANYONE would buy or listen to ANYTHING Robert Spencer has to say. He lost all credibility with his shallow and insipid defense of the lies that Iraq had the non-existent WMDs, Saddam was Hitler ready to take over the Middle East, and al-Qaeda and Iraq were connected.
Assuming that even now in 2008, even after Bush admitted there was no WMDs, 38% of Americans still believe that lie, surely that is the targeted audience for the Islamophobe par excellance Robert Spencer.
To him, not radical Islam but ALL OF ISLAM is the new enemy. His "expertise" is colored by his own Christian dogma and bias.
His exploitation of people's ignorance of Islam (especially as I said before Americans who are made to fear Iraq, Iran, and if Robert Spencer has his way, all of Islam and Muslims) and propping it up as the "new threat" like Communism.
In that sense he is a very sly and dangerous author who has nothing of substance to offer about Islamic faith save demonizing its creed while praising his own Christian faith, which is the epitome of a shallow dishonest intellectual.
It seems in his DVD, the author is more content with capitalizing on the geopolitical events centered around politics and terrorism and try to link that with the faith of 1/5th of humanity, to further legitimize wars of aggression and wars for Israel, after all he does work for the right-wing pro-Israel Zionist David Horowitz and his "Freedom Center."
In Spencer and Horowitz's world truth is lie, day is night, and night is day. How such a deeply twisted view would be paraded to the people as an "expert of Islam" I'll never know.
If a person is interested in reading some legitimate Islamic scholars from their own mouth, google "Islamic scholars." Search on Amazon and youtube for Yusuf Hanson who also has a DVD on Islam available which is infinitely more entertaining and insightful instead of filling you with fear thereby justifying more wars.
I suggest saving your few bucks on this book for the author has already accomplished his goal of being paraded on conservative, right-wing talk show like FoxNews and ultra-right warmongering website Jihadwatch for his twisted commentary on Islam.
