Muslim call to prayer always linked to the bad guys

You make good points, but its not Hollywood i'm concerned about but the effect it has on the average joe's opinion about a person.

I wouldn't usually use IMDb as a political platform but doesn't anybody think the timing of their 'vilifying' could be a little more sensitive?

The scale of islamophobia related attacks are on the increase, i've seen it and experienced it - being half Iranian. Whether its physical, mental or just vandal. My point is these types of films with total disregard to the prejudices it infuses don't make me feel any better about disclosing my origins to people, you may or may not know how that feels. Anyway i'm just a simpleton, but i thought i WAS looking at the bigger picture.

It's much more than ridicule.

Don't get me started on Argo!

just because it's been going on for forever, doesnt make it right. and chastising another person for wanting to discuss not the only the phenomena, but also the issues behind it...i just have to ask, why?

"just makes it far easier to tell the story", at the cost of misrepresenting or distorting one culture's identity and image, is just the lamest thing ive heard. if you have to do that just to make it easier to tell a story, then you ought not to be making movies at all. so for you to speak up for that is deplorable.

the muslim men were shown to be devout, and yet had tattoo of a crescent moon and star. if they did their research, the first thing they'd know that it is forbidden for muslims, devout or not, to be inked. taking on the religious meaning of the crescent moon and star as something that is tattooed, is also disrespectful.

i think the movie was ok. i enjoyed it, but all these things do not add up. and for the larger american society who, to be honest, are fairly ignorant, most of them will believe what they see to be true.

the filmic arts has to exercise greater responsibility in their craft. they can make movies about terrorism, kidnapping, they can even target the cultures that partake in it, but do not misrepresent them just because they have been vilified.

I think a story would be quite easy to tell about an American committing mass murder on a bunch of innocents. Much more instances of that then outside terrorist attacks.

To be fair to the Americans, their "vilainification" of the mentioned cultures has it's reasons... Russia threatened world peace and freedom for half a century. China did/does the same to a lesser degree. Vietnam put into action the threat represented by the Russians and Chinese, as did/does the North(!) Vietnamese. Middle Eastern Muslims have likewise been a threat to world/western peace, security and democracy for 40 years and continue to be to this day. I don't hear you berating the Americans for putting nazi-Germany in the role of the villain time and time again...?

Person of Interest especially likes to have exotic mobs, they have a good coverage of Eastern Europe by now. If I am not mistaken they have even mentioned Estonian mob twice throughout the series. Amazing.

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How on earth could inspiring someone to turn to a hopelessly anachronistic religion be good?

*beep* no man in their right mind would be inspired to convert to Islam just by the call to prayer. I'd say that if he did convert, that's anything but good. Read your "holy" book, it's full of hate and contradictions.

"Did some good?" Are you serious?

The Muslim threat to Israel has been going on since Israel was granted nation-status.

There are hundreds of thousands of missionaries of the Muslim and Christian faith who are quietly doing good around the world, but it's not exactly the kind of gripping news stories that the media are going to highlight.

So we get ignorant kids and people making moronic remarks about how religion is evil. Yeah, we get it - you are idiots who only know how to read headlines and not between the lines.

Here is some statistics about islam:

Wenzel Strategies (2012): 58% of Muslim-Americans believe criticism of Islam or Muhammad is not protected free speech under the First Amendment.
45% believe mockers of Islam should face criminal charges (38% said they should not).
12% of Muslim-Americans believe blaspheming Islam should be punishable by death.
43% of Muslim-Americans believe people of other faiths have no right to evangelize Muslims.
32% of Muslims in America believe that Sharia should be the supreme law of the land.

http://www.andrewbostom.org/blog/2012/10/31/sixty-percent-of-us-muslims-reject-freedom-of-expression/
http://www.answeringmuslims.com/2012/10/poll-nearly-half-of-us-muslims-believe.html

NOP Research: 78% of British Muslims support punishing the publishers of Muhammad cartoons

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06
http://www.webcitation.org/5xkMGAEvY

People-Press: 31% of Turks support suicide attacks against Westerners in Iraq.

http://people-press.org/report/206/a-year-after-iraq-war

World Public Opinion: 61% of Egyptians approve of attacks on Americans
32% of Indonesians approve of attacks on Americans
41% of Pakistanis approve of attacks on Americans
38% of Moroccans approve of attacks on Americans
83% of Palestinians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (only 14% oppose)
62% of Jordanians approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (21% oppose)
42% of Turks approve of some or most groups that attack Americans (45% oppose)
A minority of Muslims disagreed entirely with terror attacks on Americans:
(Egypt 34%; Indonesia 45%; Pakistan 33%)
About half of those opposed to attacking Americans were sympathetic with al-Qaeda's attitude toward the U.S.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf

Pew Research (2007): 26% of younger Muslims in America believe suicide bombings are justified.
35% of young Muslims in Britain believe suicide bombings are justified (24% overall).
42% of young Muslims in France believe suicide bombings are justified (35% overall).
22% of young Muslims in Germany believe suicide bombings are justified.(13% overall).
29% of young Muslims in Spain believe suicide bombings are justified.(25% overall).

http://pewresearch.org/assets/pdf/muslim-americans.pdf#page=60

Informal poll of Saudis in August 2014 shows 92% agree that Islamic State (ISIS) "conforms to the values of Islam and Islamic law."

http://muslimstatistics.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/92-of-saudis-believes-that-isis-conforms-to-the-values-of-islam-and-islamic-law-survey/

Pew Global: 68% of Palestinian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
43% of Nigerian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
38% of Lebanese Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
15% of Egyptian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
13% of Indonesian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
12% of Jordanian Muslims say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.
7% of Muslim Israelis say suicide attacks against civilians in defense of Islam are justified.

http://cnsnews.com/node/53865 (Pew Global Attitudes Project September, 2009)

ICM Poll: 11% of British Muslims find violence for religious or political ends acceptable.

http://www.icmresearch.co.uk/reviews/2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Poll%20Nov%2004/Guardian%20Muslims%20Nov04.asp

NOP Research: 68% of British Muslims support the arrest and prosecution of anyone who insults Islam

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/14/opinion/main1893879.shtml&date=2011-04-06

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Dick Henderson - you make no sense.

Arab Lover? …well yeh, Arab / Anglo / Persian ….Humanity. Apart from mongloids like you.

You sound too stupid to reply back too but I’ll give it a go. My point about the ‘milkshake loving’ America was in reference to the end scene where Liam Neeson and his family are drinking milkshake, portraying life back in the ‘civilised’ word after killing a bunch of pesky Muslims. Didn’t that scene make you want to Vomit? Or were you too busy tugging one off over Liam Neeson and his 9mm.

…I just wrote all that while drinking some fine Yorkshire tea (of the gold variety) do you even know what POM stands for? I hope I made you google that.

Thanks to ignorant morons like you it only emboldens my argument.

But no you're right, all this stems from the American war for independence. I definitely sound like an imperialistic pig still living in the past. Man i wish i could decide who i vote in as president by watching t.v commercials.

P.S. The U.K's doing just fine without you.

Could you please refer to my 'hateful' and 'bigoted' words in the discussion post (discussion, not review)which you have accused me of? which you THEN followed with your own hateful, bigoted, racist, ignorant words. Is uncle Alfie the one that came into your bedroom at night and gave you all these confused thoughts?

Please scroll through the entire discussion post to see my answer to idiots like you. Stop hating on Muslims, terrorist atrocities have been carried out by all types of people. The terrorists aren't real muslims but only use religion to control and steer vulnerable people to carry out their real objectives. Vulnerable people like you my poor confused little nephew of Alfie.

People like you give a strong case to the dictators who deny their people the right to vote. Where the hell did communist come from? you must be 60 years old. The button to turn off the computer is on the left, your lost, go back to bed.

You Sir just proved the OP's point.

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You don't see Christians killing innocents