Product Details

• Actors: Story of Islam
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mpi Home Video
• DVD Release Date: March 12, 2002
• Run Time: 138 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005T30X
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #113,259 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover
In the year 600 A.D. a wind swept across the Arabian desert, where, in the little town called Mecca, an i lliterate orphan named Muhammad came to be the prophet to whom the word of God was revealed- and the world as change d forever. Herein lies the beginning of the faith known as Islam, a religion that today claims over one billion dev out believers throughout the planet. Yet it is a faith more misunderstood than any other in the history of mankind.
This brilliantly produced film takes us on a journey through the "Story of Islam", from its humble beginnings 1300 years ago, to its place in the world today. We are introduced to the culture, philosophy and staples of this w ay of life, which is rapidly being embraced by many in the West. If you are not familiar with the principles of Isl am, you will be surprised- perhaps even shocked- to learn of the amazing similarities between the Muslim, Christian, and Judaic faiths.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Well explained, though Euro-centrally based history, January 11, 2000

By	Eric Wenger (South Dakota, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Story of Islam [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is a very good video, providing a good historical framework of the religion. Though the video is dated and is obviously a remake of 1970's film, it still provides a wonderful explaination of Islamic history.

Though it occassionally gives inaccurate information, (ie claiming Prophet Muhammad learned about Monotheism from Christians and Jews during his travels) the inaccurancies are not as significant as the information it does give about ISLAM.

Since it is a Western based historical account, the video holds some Eruo-centric assumptions, but is a wonderful example worthy of being an introduction to non-Muslims, since it is not published by Muslims, but rather non-Muslims.

I was quite surprised by it's depth since it went way beyond the Arab cultures. I encourage others to consider this video in their resource library.

33 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Mistake, July 30, 2001

By	Paul - See all my reviews

This review is from: Story of Islam [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The video does make a mistake in caying that Muhammad learnt religion from christians and jews. It does go into history of islam and the caliphates. A good intro to the topic. The prophet Mohamed Peace upon to him didn't learn from Jews and Christians; Jews and christians of his Time didn't say anything. This video is propaganda of Jews and christians.

19 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you want to learn Islam. do some where else, February 10, 2004

By	Nauman Shafi (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

The video is a sole propaganda against Islam by the producton house which made it.
They dont even admit that Muhammad ( Peace be upon Him ) was a prophet.
Its totally baseless and useless effort. looks like a work of fiction then history.