Islam: What the West Needs to Know (2006)

tomatometer

All Critics
Top Critics

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 2

No Score Yet...

Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 2

audience

liked it
Average Rating: 3.1/5
User Ratings: 3,300

My Rating

Added to your Facebook Timeline. — undo

Movie Info

This documentary sets out to investigate the notion that Islam is a "religion of peace" and explore the widely circulated idea that those who commit violent acts in the name of Islam are a fanatic few. The filmmakers try to hold Islam's own sources to the light to make the controversial claim that the religion is actually driven by a violent, expansionary ideology that seeks to conquer any contradictory religion, culture, and, ultimately, government. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Unrated, 1 hr. 35 min.

Documentary, Faith & Spirituality, Special Interest

Directed By: Abdullah Al-Araby , Bat Ye'or

In Theaters: Jul 7, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Oct 17, 2006

Cast

Critic Reviews for Islam: What the West Needs to Know

All Critics (3) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (2) | DVD (1)

What viewers need to know -- if provoked by this film -- is there's far more nuance in Mary Habeck's book Knowing the Enemy: Jihadist Ideology and the War on Terror and Paul Berman's Terror and Liberalism.

July 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

| Comment

Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Islam, Spencer asserts at one point, stands as the only big-league religion that 'mandates violence against non-believers.' Considering what has been done to whom in the name of other religions, that may well end up being the funniest line of 2006.

July 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune

| Comment

Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Top Critic

More Critic Reviews

Audience Reviews for Islam: What the West Needs to Know

View All

There are always two sides to every piece of propaganda, the side that loves it and considers it to be true and the side that considers it to be filth. I have to agree with the second side, this movie is garbage. The funniest part of the whole thing is the fact that the people interviewed about Islam are either

July 22, 2009

Zach Torgerson

I see a lot of comments saying that this film is all lies, but what in this film is false? They are presenting facts right out of the Koran! Muslims are encouraged to lie outright about their beliefs to protect themselves when they are in the minority. FACT. Islam is not just a religion but a social and political

May 10, 2007