What is Islam? Who is Muhammad? This is a documentary
narrated by Ben Kingsley about Islam and attempts to answer these
questions. The first part deals with the life of the Prophet Muhammad,
his early life, his encounter with God Almighty and the birth of the
Islam.
1. Prophet Muhammad and the Rise of Islam.
Islam would become the revitalizing force of a barbaric Arabia,
returning people to God and bringing back the monotheistic message of
Christianity and Judaism in its most powerful way. Islam Women were
given rights over there husbands, racism was annihilated and the rich
were made equal to the poor.
2. The Awakening.
This part relates the golden age of Islam. A time of great learning
when Europe was steeped in the Dark Ages. The building of great works of
architecture, reading, writing, mathematics, medicine, and astronomy.
Even before the printing press Muslims would have hundreds of scribes
writing all at once so they would learn and reproduce the writings.
3. The Ottomans.
This portion deals with the growing Ottoman Empire, which would control
the bridge between 3 continents: Africa, Europe and Asia. This empire
would begin at the close of the Crusades until World War I, from the
1300s to 1923. They would rule the entire Middle East and make there way
into Europe. Before there was the state of Israel, there was great
peace in the Holy Land regulated by the Ottomans.
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