Films about Islam and Muslims

Films about Islam are a category of films about the life of representatives of one of the largest world religions. Muslims are known for their strict requirements for life, therefore the life of Muslims has changed little over the centuries. Films about Islam in Russian help to understand the inhabitants of the post-Soviet space the culture and customs of people living in this tradition.

The dramatic picture "Three hijabs"

The film directed by Rolla Selbak was released in 2011. The picture tells about the fate of three Muslim families living in the United States. In each of the families is raised by her daughter.

It is not easy for girls to adhere to Muslim traditions in the United States. Each of them in its own way expresses a protest against his family and the values of his ancestors to join the American society. In the film were shot: Shital Shet, Mercedes Mason, Angela Zara, Madeline Tabar, Garen Boyajyan and other actors.

The film "Nader's Divorce and Simin"

In the same year 2011, a film by the famous Iranian director Asghar Farhadi appeared on the screens. Farhadi is a laureate of many prestigious awards, including Oscar, Golden Bear, BAFTA, Golden Globe and others. In his filmography there are a variety of films about Islam, the most striking of which is "Nader's Divorce and Simin."

The dramatic picture tells the audience about a family in which disagreements arose. Simin and Nader have been married for 14 years, their daughters 11. Nader's father has Alzheimer's disease. Simin dreams of leaving the whole family from Iran, but her husband can not leave his sick father alone. The woman decides to file for divorce and goes to live with her mother. Nader is forced to hire a nurse for his father and take care of his daughter.

The picture was played by Leila Khatami, Shahab Hosseini, Peyman Moaadi, Sarah Bayat and others.

The film received a wide variety of critics' reviews, was nominated for film awards in different countries and received a huge number of film awards. The picture about the traditions of Islam and the way of life of the Muslim family was recognized as the best film festival in Berlin, and in the USA it won the Oscar as the best film of the year in a foreign language.

Comedy "Four Lions"

The film should not be looked at in order to learn better the traditions of Islam, but in order to fully understand the attitude to Muslim traditions in Western society. Representatives of Western countries are not accustomed to the strict way of life of Muslims. The difference in worldview often creates conflicts between them.

If you choose the best films about Islam, then it's worth watching this comedy tape. The film was directed by Christopher Morris in the UK in 2011.

The plot tells of four martyrs who dream of an act of terrorism in the UK just to become famous.

Roles in the film were performed by: Reese Ahmed, Nigel Lindsay, Kayvan Novak, Adil Akhtar, Priya Kapidas.

The tape entered the top ten films of the year according to Time magazine and won the BAFTA award.

Short tape "Fitna"

"Fitna" is a documentary about Islam. He was removed by politician from the Netherlands Gert Wilders. He is critical of Islam as a religion, and this is reflected in his picture. The film premiered on the Internet in March 2008. Immediately after the release of Fitna, the employees of the Internet portal where the film was posted received threats from radical Islamic communities and were forced to remove it. The action of the picture is as follows: first, the Surah from the Qur'an is quoted, and then an example of the embodiment of this surah by the Islamists is given.

The UN Secretary-General, representatives of Slovenia, Pakistan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Iran, the Prime Minister of the Netherlands and many others actively criticized the tape. They claimed that the film spreads ethnic hatred and could provoke Muslim radical organizations to act rashly.

The main idea of the film is that Islam is a cruel religion that does not have a peaceful form, it was criticized in the European Parliament. Representatives of the European Union were forced to withdraw and release their video, sharply criticizing the documentary tape "Fitna."

Documentary picture "Innocence of Muslims"

Films about Islam do not always show Muslims as ordinary people with other views and traditions. Another example of a vivid anti-Islamic documentary film is the tape "Innocence of Muslims", published in 2012 in the United States.

The director of this picture, a US citizen under the pseudonym Nakula Basel Nakula, considers himself an Egyptian Christian. The man is of the opinion that Islam is a dangerous disease on the body of the world community. The plot of the picture shows the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad without proper respect for him. The film assumes that Mohammed is the result of an extramarital affair, except that the prophet was a homosexual and a murderer.

The shooting involved about 80 people. Castings were held among professional actors. At the initial stage of filming, the tape was declared as a historical adventure film. The budget picture was about 5 million dollars.

In 2011, the US court sentenced Nakul to 21 months in prison and to a large fine for financial fraud.