Make me a Muslim (Islamic version of the Fab 5)

[Nemesis6]

http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/1c96d6b8111be792?iid=emb_plyr_video_videoclick <-- Part 1

http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/1c96d6b81519e192?iid=emb_plyr_video_videoclick <-- Part 2

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I feel bad watching it. It's like that sound when you drag your nails down a chalk-board, except in this case, morbid fascination keeps you going.

EDIT: Apparently this is gonna be a longer "series" if you will. So, more coming soon, apparently.

 

[Phobie]

Saw an advert for this last night, and thought that perhaps they're running out of ideas.

 

[nurizeko]

Definitely scraping the bottom of the barrel.

 

[Seppo]

is that a joke?

 

[CptStern]

here's criticism of the show in question by some religious guy

Here we are in the season of Advent, looking forward to celebrating once again the birth of Jesus: to hail the Messiah, to adore Christ the Lord, to worship the Prince of Peace. And Advent is not only about the coming into history of Jesus as a baby born in Bethlehem; it is also about his coming in the present – being born in our hearts today; and about his Second Coming at the end of time to reign forever. It is, needless to say, a very special time for Christians all over the world.

And what does Channel 4 bring us during this blessed season?

“Make me a Muslim.”

It is about a subtle as screening Jesus of Nazareth in Indonesia during Ramadan, or proclaiming the need for conversion over a full English breakfast in Regents Park mosque at Eid. And if Trevor Phillips is to be believed, Cranmer doubts there are many British Muslims who will be happy with the gross insensitivity displayed by the timing of this documentary.

is Channel 4 the british version of Fox? sensationalistic crap?

The three-part series asks: ‘Can Islam help repair the moral fabric of British society?’ The only sensitivity to the season of peace and goodwill is that this is phrased as a question. Cranmer can hardly wait to hear the answer. And one can only guess at what the 70% of the nation who identify themselves as Christian will make of the alleged presumption of the 3% who profess Islam.

Six volunteers in Harrogate have agreed to live according to aspects of Shari’a law under the guidance of Imam Ajmal Masroor. They include a young male gay hairdresser, a female soft-porn star, and an overweight, loud-mouthed lout rather too fond of his beer and bacon sandwiches. They could not be more unsuited, yet the objective is to bring them into submission to Allah by forced adherence to the Five Pillars of Islam

This may, of course, have been a purposeful decision by the programme makers to convey Islam as a superficial system of outward obedience, intentionally showing the volunteers as being completely incapable of fulfilling the rigorous and burdensome demands of the Islamic law. And this is all about Sunni Islam, by the way: there is no mention of the different strands of the faith, and the volunteers are left ignorant of the more subtle, meditative and heartfelt Sufi interpretation which those who are genuinely searching may find rather more appealing.

http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.com/

 

[staticprimer]

If its Muslim related, you can bet Nemesis has or will post it.

 

[repiV]

Where's the combat classes and explosives training? :E

 

[99.vikram]

Show is stupid. People who respond are stupider. People who care are stupider-er.

 

[Deleted member 56031]

Saw an advert for this last night, and thought that perhaps they're running out of ideas.

I thought the exact same.

 

[Seppo]

how about a Make me a Terrorist?

 

[noQ]

Doesn't Quran + gay interior designer = stoning to death ?

 

[Nemesis6]

how about a Make me a Terrorist?

Shhhhh! You're being Islamophobic.

Anyway - I think I'll rewatch the part where I get the names of the Imams/whomever they are. Also, did anyone find it a bit strange that in one scene, you see that Imam with the kaffiyeh CALLING to prayer in the park. As far as I know, I've only seen that thing(covering your ears while you shout the prayer) performed during the Adhan prayer. It's also pretty hilarious to see them trying to make someone not gay by making them wear normal clothes.

 

[Nemesis6]

Ignoring Chavez above, I found out something interesting about Ajmal Masroor, the most well-dressed of the Imams: Apparently, he's not well-liked by the MPACUK, and at the same time, he's famous for wanting to Islamize Britain, and he's received a lot of negative attention for it. Now I can't help but wonder who "Suleiman" and "Mohammed" are. He's a member of the Islamic Society of Britain, and early off-shoot of the MCB.

 

[Asknoone]

"Bigot" "Chavez"; you guys make me chortle.

 

[Solaris]

You know, I could make a new thread every time Chavez takes a shit but what would be the point. We can discuss Chavez, like Islam in one thread. No need for a new one every couple of days.