p 　　Controversial Pakistani cleric Maulana Aziz, linked to the Taliban, declares jihad against the government to impose sharia law The government retaliates by destroying his seminary, killing his mother, brother, his only son and 一五0 students The film follows charming yet menacing Maulana Aziz on his personal quest to create an Islamic utopia, which causes the country to implode The Red Mosque has students allied with ISIL, and strong ties to the Taliban We meet two Red Mosque students whose paths diverge: Talha, 一二, leaves his moderate Muslim family to study to be a jihadi preacher Zarina, also 一二, escapes her madrassa and joins a normal school Her education is threatened by frequent Taliban attacks on schools like her own In December, 二0一四, the Taliban massacred 一三二 schoolchildren in Peshawar, outraging Pakistan 三九 s moderate majority Aziz 三九 s longtime opponent, education reformer Pervez Hoodbhoy joins the re-energized anti-extremist movement Throughout the film, he passionately opposes Aziz on television and public forums With the tide turning against the cleric, Pervez is determined to see Aziz put in jail Intimate and brutally honest, AMONG THE BELIEVERS offers rare insight into the ideological battle shaping Pakistan and the Muslim world br 　　Pakistan 三九 s notorious cleric Maulana Aziz, with links to Taliban, declares jihad against the government to impose sharia law This sparks a bloody war and causes the country to implode Along with Aziz 三九 s quest, the film charts the coming-of-age stories of his two students who are trapped in this ideological war p