If you haven't heard of it already, this is the film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moozlumhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1450328/here's my reviewThe film is about a topic which in much discussed at present times. The central embodiment of the film greatly exploits and capitalizes on the victim mentality, it lays on thick the prejudices faced by Muslims as if it is a socially accepted norm in the States/West to have prejudices towards Muslims and behave aggressively and violently towards them. This in fact a false outlook: analysis and critique of religion, its dogma and effects on society should be widely encouraged, however any form of persecution or prejudice towards a group of people for choosing to follow a religion is widely discourage and condemned by most people in the States/West.
The film makes its points overtly and bluntly and doesn't try to disguise itself as being a film that is giving a neutral objective perspective. The film is very watchable and not dull at any point. It moves along at a good pace, with some well known actors (Nia Long, Danny Glover). Danny Glover plays the ill-mannered infidel whose main role in the film is to mispronounce muslims as ‘mooz-lum’, why he would take such a role is bemusing as he has played characters with less confines and greater scope and depth. Evan Ross as a newcomer also makes a good impression as a glum moody perplexed teenager caught up in two adverse worlds that are hostile to each other.
The irony in the film is that on the one hand the film portrays that crimes/vile actions committed by Muslims are an 'extreme minority' who have a warped interpretation of Islam, but then the film depicts every non-muslim character as being a bigot who has a prejudice towards muslims as if the ‘large minority’ of non-muslims and every single one of them is iniquitous towards muslims. After watching the film one could easily make the generalization and assumpiton that all non Muslims are wicked, callous people and this in turn could itself could lead to increase prejudices towards non-muslims from muslims, which would be made a mockery of the underlying message of the film which is bemoaning the prejudices faced by one social group. One could easily use this film as jihadist material for militant islamic organizations to support the fact that ‘all kuffars hate us muslims and behave belligerently towards us’.
I would give this film 6.5/10, if you’re muslim or a muslim sympathizer you’ll give it 9-10/10, if you’re a muslim hater you will give the film closer to 0 !
Topic: My review of Mooz-lum film