Summary Of Islam: Empire Of Faith

The main subject of Islam: Empire Of Faith is to educate watchers about the history of the Islamic culture and how it affects the world today. Some things that were good about the film was that it evaluated and explained on what the Islamic people believe. Another thing is that it deepens our understanding of how the Islamic faith started and grew into the large religion it is today. Some things I didn't like about the film's context was that it was very one sided, and so it never explained the differences in how the Muslims thought of an event and how their opponents saw the event. It would've been a much better film, in my opinion, if they had included how different sides sounded to show how differently the Muslims thought of things that happened to or because of them and then how anyone on the other side of the confrontation thought about what had happened. …show more content…
I also learned that when they would conquer a land that they would not force the residence to believe what they did, and that was very rare considering most empires dis force the residents of the lands they conquered to either convert or to die. Another thing was that most people think that the Muslims and the Christians always fought, but in reality there was a time when they lived in such harmony that they would share a building for both a church and a mosque. It wasn't until 1009 AD that when the Egyptian pharaoh Al-Hakim burnt down the Church of the Holy Sepulchre when turmoil began to turn between the Christians and the Muslims. It was rather interesting to hear that the new ruler of the Ottoman tribe had to prove himself in battle and conquer another land before his advisers and such would deem him worthy and obey his