Islam: The Untold Story

August. 28,2012

Rating：

6.6

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Religion Islam

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Historian Tom Holland looks at the origins of Islam and questions its history and authenticity.

Tom Holland as Self - Presenter

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Reviews

Maidexpl

2012/08/28

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

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Invaderbank

2012/08/29

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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Adeel Hail

2012/08/30

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

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Mandeep Tyson

2012/08/31

The acting in this movie is really good.

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a_baron

2012/09/01

The story of the origin of Islam is well known, or is it? Unlike Jesus, its founder The Prophet was a real person, there is credible evidence that he existed, and in spite of the revealed truth of its central message, there is no suggestion either that he was in any way more than human or possessed supernatural powers. Yet in recent years, both Christian apologists and especially mainstream historians focusing on the early years of Islam have come to some controversial and for Moslems disturbing conclusions.Tom Holland is an historian who has published major works on the Romans, but when he turned his attention to the Arabs he concluded that much of what we thought we knew about Muhammad and the beginnings of Islam were not traceable to either the man or his contemporaries.In this documentary he covers similar ground to his lectures which you can find on YouTube, but with the added attraction of jaunts in the desert and discussions with other scholars. You don't have to be any sort of academic to appreciate "Islam: The Untold Story", though you will probably appreciate it more if you don't attend mosque.

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Ersbel Oraph

2012/09/02

I was raised with the idea that Christianity has a real base and it's not just a bunch of ideas derived from a primitive novel. Only to find out later that the first stories of the future novel were drawn at least a century after the death of the main guru, giving ample time to die for all the people that have known the people who have heard about the wonderful guru.I was also told that Islam is somehow better. There was an initial guru. And his life is well documented. Well, the documentation is quite different from one sect to another and the holy text is made following the same priceless technique that the book of Mormon was made. But some places were certain. Or are they? Tom Holland has spent some time looking for the origins of these myths and things are not that simple. Or have happened in the assumed places.Contact me with Questions, Comments or Suggestions ryitfork @ bitmail.ch

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