Islam: What the West Needs to Know
2006 American film
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Islam: What the West Needs to Know is a 2006 propaganda film produced by Quixotic Media. It features discussions using passages from religious texts and includes commentaries by Robert Spencer, Serge Trifkovic, Bat Ye'or, Abdullah Al-Araby, and Walid Shoebat. The film premiered at the American Film Renaissance Festival in Hollywood on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006. [citation needed]
- January 15, 2006 (American Renaissance Film Festival)
- July 7, 2006 (United States)
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| Directed by | Gregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly |
| Produced by | Gregory M. Davis, Bryan Daly |
| Starring | Robert Spencer, Walid Shoebat, Bat Yeor, Serge Trifkovic, Abdullah Al-Araby |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Critical reception
While some reviewers have had a positive reception to the film,[1] others have criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic, biased and propagandist against Islam.[2][3][4] The Chicago Tribune's reviewer, Michael Phillips, describes it as a "deadly dull anti-Islam propaganda piece".[4] The Washington City Paper's reviewer, Louis Bayard, argues that "If [the directors] Davis and Daly had a little imagination, they might see that the devil they’re chasing isn't Islam but fundamentalism, which assumes many forms."[5] The film has been described as an "anti-Muslim documentary" in the context of the counter-jihad movement.[6]
