An examination of Islam, violence, and
the fate of the non-Muslim world.
98 mins
Main Idea
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. 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.
Content
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.
Introduction
We hear from prominent Western leaders that Islam is
peaceful and that those who commit violence in its name are heterodox fanatics.
Part 1: ‘There is no God but
Allah and Muhammad is his Prophet’
Our interviewees affirm their belief that Islamic violence is entirely orthodox
behavior for Muslims and stems directly from the teachings and example of the
Prophet Muhammad and the commands of the Koran. We learn that the example of
Muhammad is one of a violent warlord who killed numerous people. The Koran –
the verbatim words of Allah – prescribes violence against non-Muslims and
Muhammad is the perfect example of the Koran in action.
Part 2: The Struggle
We learn that jihad, while literally meaning
'struggle', in fact denotes war fought against non-Muslims in order to bring
the rule of Islamic law to the world. Violent death in jihad is, according to
the Koran, the only assurance of salvation. One of our interviewees tells of
his personal involvement in terrorism and his leaving Islam.
Part 3: Expansion
Following the death of Muhammad, his 'rightly-guided'
successors carried his wars to three continents, fighting, enslaving, and
massacring countless Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Hindus, and others. Islam
did not spread through evangelism or through its natural appeal, but through
aggressive wars of conquest. The Crusades were largely a belated response on
the part of Christian Europe to rescue Christians in the
Part 4: ‘War is Deceit’
A great problem with Western efforts to understand Islam is due to the Islamic
principle of 'religious deception', which enjoins Muslims to deceive
non-Muslims in order to advance the cause of Islam. Muslim groups today in the
West employ deception and omission to give the impression that 'Islam is a
religion of peace', an utter fiction.
Part 5: More than a Religion
The most important characteristic of Islam not
understood by the West is that it is more a system of government than a
personal religion. Throughout its history, Islam has never recognized a
distinction between the religious and the secular/political. Islamic law
governs every aspect of religious, political, and personal action, which
amounts to a form of totalitarianism that is divinely enjoined to dominate the
world, analogous in many ways to Communism.
Part 6: The House of War
Islamic theology divides the world into two spheres locked in perpetual combat,
dar al-Islam (House of Islam - where Islamic law
predominates), and dar al-harb
(House of War - the rest of the world). It is incumbent on dar
al-Islam to fight and conquer dar al-harb and permanently assimilate it. Muslims in Western
nations are called to subvert the secular regimes in which they now live in
accordance with Allah's command. Due to political correctness and general
government and media irresponsibility, the danger posed by observant Muslims in
the West remains largely unappreciated.