Documentaries about Islam

Islam: Empire of Faith -Part 1 ( 54 minutes )

This is the first of 3 part documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley about Islam and attempts to answer these questions. This part deals with the life of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), his early life, his encounter with God Almighty and the birth of the 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.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4222791480425043142

Islam: Empire of Faith - Part 2 ( 52 minutes )

This documentary is the 2nd in a 3-part series narrated by Ben Kingsley. 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.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7502243539190558658

Islam: Empire of Faith - Part 3 ( 52 minutes )

This is the 3rd part in a 3-part documentary narrated by Ben Kingsley. 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.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=94144204270367302

When the Moors Ruled in Europe ( 1 hour: 42 minutes )

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-768956312207897325

This short documentary describes the glorious rule of Muslim Moors in what is now Spain. A forgotten history is remembered

The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain ( 1 hour: 54 min )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE-F2tybkDQ

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