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Nations Cultures - Muslims (Iran, 1994) showcasing the life and cultures of Muslims in various countries. On a Tightrope (2007), Uyghur documentary on the experience of Uyghur Muslims in China. Veiled Ambition (2007) Seven Wonders of the Muslim World (PBS, 2008) Müezzin (2009), Turkish documentary about the annual Turkish competition for the ...
Journey to Mecca: In the Footsteps of Ibn Battuta [2] is an IMAX ("giant screen") dramatised documentary film charting the first real-life journey made by the Islamic scholar Ibn Battuta from his native Morocco to Mecca for the Hajj (Muslim pilgrimage), in 1325.
The filmmakers, protest leaders and Muslim public figures and Imams were interviewed on mainstream media following the protests. [62] [63] [64] The filmmakers responded to the accusations of provoking sectarian tensions by stating that the film was “mainstream Shi’a Islam” that could be found in the works of major Shia scholars.
Because the different branches of Islam use different Hadith collections, there is a split on this issue between the two major denominations of Islam, Sunni and Shia Islam. Most Sunni Muslims believe that visual depictions of all the prophets of Islam should be prohibited [1] and are particularly averse to visual representations of Muhammad. [2]
The four Sunni Imams founded the four madhhab (schools of thought) recognized in Sunni Islam. While they agree on the foundational principles of fiqh according to the Sunni narrative, their interpretations of certain legal and practical matters differ, which led to the development of the four distinct madhhab.
Sunni Islam [a] (/ ˈ s uː n i /; Arabic: أهل السنة, romanized: Ahl as-Sunnah, lit. 'The People of the Sunnah') is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world. Its name comes from the word Sunnah, referring to the tradition of Muhammad.
The massacre was preceded by anti-Shia riots in early May 1988, which were caused by a dispute over the sighting of the moon for Eid al-Fitr after Ramadan between Shia Muslims and Sunni Muslims. Local Sunnis, who were still fasting for Ramadan, had attacked the local Shias who had announced their commencement of Eid celebrations in Gilgit City ...
Tawhidi believes that Islam must be reformed in order to survive. [10] He deems all acts of terrorism to be condemned in the Quran, [11] and had denounced the Islamic State as an extremist body that did not represent the religion; [3] in June 2017, after the jihadi terrorist attack in London, he described the branch as a "cancer" on the religion. [12]