Among the Believers

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Among the Believers

2016

1h 24m

Documentary

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Radical Islamic school Red Mosque trains thousands of children to devote their lives to holy war, beginning at a very young age.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

10/06/2016

There's little that's not dispiriting about "Among the Believers" and its measured, direct entre into a closed world of hopeless boys and girls memorizing the Koran, but forbidden from learning its meanings.

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Ken Jaworowski

New York Times

09/29/2016

While it is maddening to see the aversion to open-minded education by Mr. Aziz ("'Progressive thought' is dying," he declares, pleased), we also see the stark poverty that leaves others with few choices but to follow him.

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Diana Clarke

Village Voice

09/29/2016

It insists on seeing its subjects' humanity - something rare in the Western press, particularly when reporting on Islam, and especially fundamentalism.

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Naomi Soanes

One Room With A View

04/06/2019

3/5

This isn't Friday night viewing, and there's certainly nothing groundbreaking here, but if you're interested in gaining insight into the rationale of Jihadism, this should certainly be a pitstop.

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Nathanael Hood

Screen Comment

12/28/2018

7/10

A chilling documentary that examines Maulana Aziz's Red Mosque network and the roots of Muslim extremism.

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Charles Mudede

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

08/23/2018

Aziz is shown to be at once strong, authentic, charismatic, vulnerable, boring, and a charlatan. He is not the kind of person you can easily demonize or humanize.

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03/02/2019

An exceptional documentary. A must watch.

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02/05/2018

5/2/18 Netflix - A great insight into Pakistan's battle with extremist Madrassahs

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01/02/2017

Documentary about the expanding network of Islamic schools for children as young as 4 years old. Poor parents give their children to these seminaries because they get fed and housed for free. The children become pawns in the ideological war of Islam vs the West.

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09/30/2016

Incredible access to the Pakistani madrasas of the Red Mosque. The footage displays the stark comparison of fundamentalist versus more non-religious schools. Also, the film gives historical context for the rise of radicalism starting with Reagan's arming of the Jihadist in the Soviet-Afghan War through Bush's War on Terror.

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Mohammed Naqvi

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Hemal Trivedi

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Jonathan Goodman Levitt

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Jonathan Goodman Levitt

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Hemal Trivedi

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Whitney Dow

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Synopsis

Radical Islamic school Red Mosque trains thousands of children to devote their lives to holy war, beginning at a very young age.

Director: Mohammed Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi
Producer: Jonathan Goodman Levitt, Hemal Trivedi
Screenwriter: Jonathan Goodman Levitt
Distributor: First Run Features
Production Co: Changeworx, Manjusha Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Urdu
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.9K
Runtime: 1h 24m

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