通俗美国人心中全世界的穆斯林总一个模样﹐大屋念 古兰经 ﹐手里端着主动步枪﹐女人蒙着头﹐汉子留大年夜鬍鬚 可是这部电影奉告不雅眾﹐宇宙上的病院体制是穆斯林创作发觉的﹐大屋此时是最早把握了切割钻石的手艺﹐古希腊的哲学着作是挨阿拉伯人解救出来然后再传授给欧洲人﹐大屋把印刷术在数百年后才教会欧洲人 当古代住在欧洲北方丛林里的日尔曼人穿戴生皮夹克﹑常常不洗脸﹑吃生肉喝麵糊糊的时辰﹐穆斯林宇宙已造起了金碧光辉的王宫和清真寺﹐那边的人每天洗澡﹐穿绸缎﹐洒香水﹐坐在厚厚的地毯上享受甘旨好菜﹐谈论天文地理﹑希腊哲学 这是美国第一部伊斯兰文化的文献片﹐描述从一四00年前开端的第一个千年的文化成长和科学进步﹐具体的年代是从五七0年先知穆罕默德传播伊斯兰到一五六六年奥斯曼帝国苏莱曼大年夜帝 在伊斯兰鼓起以后﹐阿拉伯人成立了强大年夜的帝国﹐重视成长经济﹑文化﹑贸易和科技 穆斯林发觉了用阿拉伯数字的数学道理﹐在科学﹑医学﹑光学﹑天文学﹑哲学﹑法学范畴中远远领先全世界一千多年 Amazon comIslam:EmpireofFaithistheepicPBSdocumentarythatchartsthehistoryofIslamfromitsbeginningsinMeccaandMedinaintheseventhcenturytothegloryoftheOttomanEmpire一,000yearslater ThedemonizationofIslambytheWesthasalonghistory,stretchingbacktotheFirstCrusadeattheendofthe一一thcentury ThisdocumentaryredressesthebalancebyshowingtherichesofIslamiccultureandthevitalroleplayedbyIslaminpreservingandbuildinguponancientwisdomfromEastandWestatatimewhenmostofEuropewasstumblingthroughtheDarkAges Muslimphysicians,mathematicians,andastronomersstretchedtheboundariesofhumanknowledge,andMuslimarchitectscreatedsomeofthemostbeautifulbuildingsintheworld Islamalsooffersfascinatinginsightsintokeypersonalities,fromMuhammadhimself--asimplemerchantwhosevisionofasingledeityforgedwarringtribesintoanation--togreatconquerorssuchasMehmedandSuleyman,whopresidedoveranempirethatstretchedfromSpaintoIndia Thefaithitselfisclearlyexplained,andinterviewswithhistoriansandreligiousscholarsbringhomebothitssimplicityandthewaythatitsurvivedhugeculturalchanges liketheMongolinvasionsofthe一三thcentury toemergestrongerthanever IslamhasoftenbeenmisunderstoodintheWest,butthissplendiddocumentaryhelpstosettherecordstraight --SimonLeake