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A comprehensive list of films, documentaries and TV shows related to Islamic civilization, history and culture. Find titles, genres, countries, sources and descriptions of various works featuring Islamic themes and characters.
Inside Islam is a History Channel documentary on the history of Islam and its modern day challenges including a crisis of authority and significant divisions among many of its sects. It depicts Islam as a peaceful religion, with several similarities to Judaism and Christianity , and argues that the primary reason that people fear Islam is due ...
A documentary film by Tom Holland that challenges the orthodox Islamic account of the religion's origins and questions the reliability of the Qur'an and the Meccan location. The film was controversial and sparked criticism and complaints from the Muslim community and Channel 4 cancelled a public screening due to security fears.
Islam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire.It is narrated by Ben Kingsley and is available as three DVDs or two video volumes in NTSC format.
Learn about the origins of Islam with Muhammad, the prophet who received divine revelations and unified the tribes of Arabia under Islam. Explore the history of Islam from the early conquests to the modern period, covering the rise and fall of various caliphates, dynasties, and empires.
This web page lists various animated films, series and programmes related to Islamic civilisation, history and culture. Some of them are suitable for children, such as Salam and the Knights of Virtue, Habib Allah, and Mama and Lulu.
The Mihna (Arabic: محنة خلق القرآن, romanized: miḥna khalaq al-qurʾān, lit. 'ordeal of Quranic createdness') (also known as the first Muslim inquisition) was a period of religious persecution instituted by the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun in 833 CE in which religious scholars were punished, imprisoned, or even killed [citation needed] unless they conformed to Muʿtazila doctrine.
A caliph is the supreme religious and political leader of an Islamic state known as the caliphate. This article lists the caliphs who ruled various caliphates from the 7th to the 20th century, with their names, dates, residences, and appointers.