Below is a collection of four clips from the above-mentioned documentary by Journeyman Films. The first clip is the account of an Iranian apostate who had been imprisoned, raped, and disfigured in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The second clip is a brief discussion with a young Iraqi-Swedish girl who likes to box and her struggle to assimilate due to her overbearing parents. The third clip is another brief discussion on apostacy and the Islamic concept of blasphemy, first between two young Mohammedans, then between two apostates. The final clip consists of three interviews with young Muslims on the topic of separatism, raising children, and jihad.
If you do nothing else today, please watch the first clip. Thank you.
Watch the entire film here.
If you do nothing else today, please watch the first clip. Thank you.
Watch the entire film here.
A unique look inside the protests in Iran
From al-jazeera
Thanks to IranFree88 and Jdamn
At the height of the protests following Iran's controversial presidential election this summer, a young woman named Neda Agha Soltan was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran. Her death -- filmed on a camera phone, then uploaded to the Web -- quickly became an international outrage, and Soltan became the face of a powerful movement that threatened the hard-line government's hold on power.
In A Death in Tehran, FRONTLINE revisits the events of last summer, shedding new light on Neda's life and death and the movement she helped inspire.
Gold Nymph as Best News Documentary, Monte-Carlo Television Festival 07. Every ten minutes, a young person wishing to sell his or her kidney appears at the entrance of one of the official kidney referral agencies. These are quite ordinary people, victims of the social misery resulting from the socioeconomic policies conducted by the Islamist regime for more than a quarter of a century. These policies have affected all levels of society and led to entirely unintended phenomena and systems. In unique footage, the film closely follows each step of the process of the organ trade.
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These are three brief examples, but this story has been repeated wherever Islam has asserted itself. When Islam comes to a new nation, its purpose is not to adapt to the fabric of the host society, or to become just one religion among many equals. Its goal is to become the dominant religion. The Muslim belief is that once a territory has been under Muslim rule, it can never be relinquished again. And so former Muslim colonies such as Spain, Israel and the Balkans, are high on the list for reconquest. But make no mistake, any territory is fair game.
Further reading on Dar-al-Islam, Dar-al-Harb, and Dhimmitude:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division...
http://jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhimmi
http://www.dhimmitude.org/
Further reading on Egypt and the native Copts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copts
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wor...
http://freecopts.net/english/index.ph...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_O...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copt
http://www.copts.net/history.asp
Further reading on Iraq and the native Assyrians:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian...
http://www.christiansofiraq.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/...
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/17/wor...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2...
Further reading on Iran and the native Zoroastrians:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastr...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastr...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi...
http://plateauofiran.wordpress.com/20...
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Footage of suicide bombing attempt. New DVD explores the history and mystery of suicide bombing. Their devastating and deadly actions punctuate the world news almost nightly, yet they remain faceless figures amidst the violence and turmoil that engulf the Middle East. And, whether it's the C4-laden martyrs of Hezbollah or the car bombing insurgents of Iraq, what could possibly compel a suicide bomber to voluntarily take their own lives, along with those of hundreds of innocent victims? There is perhaps no one better equipped to investigate this terrifying practice than Robert Baer, a decorated, former Middle East CIA Agent and the man George Clooney's character was based on in the Academy Award®-winning film, Syriana.
In the groundbreaking and acclaimed documentary, THE CULT OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER, Baer returns to his former center of operations to trace the origins of the modern day bomber from the Iran-Iraq war to the Middle Eastern streets of today.
THE CULT OF THE SUICIDE BOMBER reveals the secret history of the suicide bomber, from the child martyrs of the Iran-Iraq war, the truck bombers in southern Lebanon, to the young men and women who now strap explosives to their bodies and calmly blow themselves up in crowded streets and markets across the Middle East.
Baer also reveals the fascinating story of the world's first suicide bomber, 13-year-old Hossein Fahmideh -- who was martyred in the Iran-Iraq war and is now a hero in Iran.
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Atefeh Rajabi Sahaaleh (1988 - August 15, 2004) was a 16-year-old Iranian girl who was executed in Iran after being sentenced to death by an Iranian judge, Haji Rezai, for allegedly having committed "acts incompatible with chastity": Based on judicial records, by the time Atefeh was 16, she had been convicted five times of having sex with unmarried men , and for removing her hijab while arguing with her judge in court.
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Prostitution Behind the Veil
"Prostitution Behind the Veil" is the intriguing story of two young women in modern-day Teheran. Cosmo Doc presents the film.
By FILM (ed.)
Published in FILM #39, November 2004
Married for a day
Minna and Fariba are neighbours and good friends. They support one another. Both have to live under the pervasive curtailment of women's rights and the double standards of today's Iranian society. They make a living walking the streets looking for men. They have a choice between leaving their small children at home alone or bringing them along when they have sex with men.
The film is a sympathetic portrait of the two women, exploring their day-to-day life and the workings of prostitution in a country that bans it and prosecutes adulterers, sometimes with the penalty of capital punishment.
Many of the clients find a way to buy sex and still comply with Muslim law: they marry the women in what is called 'Sighe', a temporary marriage sanctioned in Shia Islam. Sighe can last from two hours up to 99 years. Both Minna and Fariba enter into Sighe with clients, and Fariba is in a Sighe marriage with a neighbour, Habib, that lasts six months. Giving his perspective on temporary marriage, Habib says that Sighe is a way to help poor women, it is an act of mercy in the name of Allah.
The film follows the two women for more than a year. It describes their middle-class backgrounds and their submission to treacherous men and drugs. We see how Fariba manages to quit drugs and prostitution, only to find herself temporarily married to a man who will not let her leave the house.
The film is narrated by the director, Nahid Persson, who fled Iran 20 years ago. Her commentary adds her perspective and contextual information to the film's events. An element of the film is the difficulties faced by a female director shooting a film. Filming prostitution in the street was hard and dangerous, as is evident in the film. The director has to submit to the same restraints as the film's two women in a ludicrously patriarchal society marked by religious restrictions, oppression of women, and social decline. The story of Minna and Fariba mirrors the greater story of Iranian society.
Director of "Prostitution Behind the Veil", Nahid Persson
Director Nahid Persson
Dogged by the security police
In an e-mail interview with FILM the Swedish-Iranian director Nahid Persson discusses the background for "Prostitution Behind the Veil" and the difficulties of shooting in Iran.
"When I left Iran years ago, it was a country in chaos. When I returned after 17 years of exile in Sweden, I was shocked by the state of affairs. That people have a hard time is well known, but it was very depressing and upsetting to see how bad it really was. The most obvious problems I saw were widespread prostitution and a huge drug problem. Most people in the western world have no idea what it is like. Despite severe punishments, drugs are almost everywhere. When the Islamic government took power, alcohol was banned, but drugs took its place.
"The authorities have lost control of the situation. Maybe they act this way knowingly. Drug addicts are passive. They do not protest social injustice.
"I know that I won't be able to return to Iran for many years because of this film. The most important thing for me is making the sad state of Iranian society known worldwide."
- What was it like to shoot in Iran?
"I met Fariba by chance. Downtown, I met a man who sold prophecies. He had a couple of birds pull cards out of a box for him. I was fascinated and decided to make a film about him and his birds. We filmed him (Habib) for a few days. One day we followed him back to his place, and there I met the two women that I eventually became close with. At first, they were afraid to open up to me, of course, but after a few days it got out that they were prostitutes and drug addicts. They let me film them in all kinds of situations, even when they were with a client.
"As long as we were shooting inside the house, everything was fine, but there was always trouble when we went out in the streets. Once the security police picked us up. They wanted the tapes. With some sleight of hand, I managed to put the tapes in my pants pocket, and instead I gave them some old tapes I had brought from Sweden. Iran is a Muslim nation and men are not allowed to search women, so they led us to the police station where female officers would pat us down. When we got there, they went inside, leaving me in the car. I got the tapes out of my pocket and hid them under the car seat. A short while later, they returned. They told us that the female officers had gone home for the day. So now I had toget the tapes out again and put them back in my pocket. It wasn't easy, but it turned out okay. I was politically active before and after the revolution and I know how to deal with stupid police.
"The reason I continued shooting even though we were stopped so often by the police was that I had been abroad for so long and didn't understand how dangerous it really was. The two women with me wanted to leave on several occasions, but stuck around because they were curious to see how I handled the situation. There were several funny moments. Once, the police ordered us to turn off the camera. I switched off the display and told them the camera was off, but kept right on shooting (it's in the film). When the police talked to me, I turned the camera on them. They were right in the frame, but they didn't get it."
- You shot and directed the film yourself?
"I did most of the camerawork, but I always brought along two other people: a man as driver and bodyguard and someone with an extra camera. Often there was so much going on, it was good to have two of us shooting."
- What effect would you like the film to have?
"When I was in the revolution along with so many other young people, we wanted to change the world, but now I am at an age where I would be content to change just one thing. But I need to get close to the people in my film. I feel for them. They are not just characters in my film - they are my friends, my sisters.
"When I got to know Mina and Fariba, I felt a big responsibility. Mina is the same age as my own daughter. I had maternal feelings for both of them. And once in a while, I felt guilty that I was in the revolution but fled to a safe country, and now I had to say goodbye to them. Everyday I said goodbye to them was terrible.
"It is my hope that this film will make the world respond to the situation in Iran. Human rights are nonexistent there. People don't matter in Iran. They have no hope left.
"More than half the population are children and young people who have never known what freedom or a normal life is like.
"My film should not just show how Iran changed after the revolution. The film will be shown in a number of countries and I hope the world will respond, not just watch.
NAHID PERSSON Born 1960, Iran. Studied microbiology in Sweden and founded a local radio station during this period of time. Started studies at Film- och TV Skolan in 1993 and attended master class education in 2003-2004. Her previous films include: "Me and My Cousin" (2003), "The Last Days of Life" (2002) and "End of Exile" (2000). Has won several prizes - among others for her most recent film, "Prostitution Behind the Veil", which won first prize at Marseille Festival International du Documentaire.
Tues 28 Aug 2007 10pm This 1998 documentary takes an intimate look at proceedings in a tiny, chaotic Iranian divorce court. Here, even when natural justice seems to be on the side of the women, the law is emphatically on the side of the men. Grounds for divorce According to the Iranian system of Islamic law, when a man wants a divorce, he can leave his wife at any time. If a woman wants to split from her husband, however, the only legal grounds on which she can petition are a husband s insanity, impotence or inability to provide for her financially. Adultery (or indeed having another wife), physical abuse and mental cruelty are not seen as sufficient grounds for legal separation and any woman hoping to escape such a situation faces an uphill struggle.
This World investigates the debate going on in Israel about how to deal with Iran's nuclear project, which divides the diplomatic world.
Iran insists that its programme is exclusively peaceful, citing the international treaty which gives it the right to use atomic energy to produce power. Yet there remains deep diplomatic suspicion of Iran in the West, and growing alarm that it is exploiting its civil nuclear programme as a cover to produce atomic weapons.
Israel is the crux. Seen in the Arab world as America's outpost in the Middle East, Israel's very existence is regarded as a "stain" by Iran's Islamic regime which came to power in 1979.
Within two months of his election, Iran's current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad approvingly quoted Ayatollah Khomeini's call for Israel to be "removed from the pages of history".
The statement drew fierce condemnation inside Israel and crystallised attitudes towards Iran among Israelis.
Intelligence reports
Israel's former Prime Minister Shimon Peres called for the international community to shun Iran.
He said: "Iran is the only member of the United Nations that threatens publicly to destroy another member of the United Nations. It is a call for genocide."
The Israeli leadership had already become increasingly concerned by intelligence reports on Iran's nuclear project.
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