We are young digital natives reaching out across seemingly impenetrable national, social, political, ethnic, and sectarian barriers, employing the freedom created by media platforms to demand and create our own civil discourse.

Jihad

March 1st, 2007Esra'a (Bahrain)

This is a short 5:20min film which kind of makes a few interesting points depending on your interpretations.

Watch:

YouTube Preview Image
Retweet Share on Facebook Film, General, Videos
Report this post Print Trackback Follow RSS

2 Responses to “Jihad”

  1. #1 Liora - March 2nd, 2007 at 5:30 pm

    Esra’a — thank you for sharing this! For me, the movie, which I thought was great, brought up many questions. Is someone who is moved to Jihad likely to be swayed by winning the lottery (or even likely to PLAY the lottery!)? Are they saying that young, hopeful people are recruited to do these monstrous thing when it is not really in their nature (e.g., he felt hopeful enough to buy a lottery ticket, and wanted to choose earthly riches over martyrdom)? Money/ a way out can change a hopeless persons mindset from terrorism to capitalism? I don’t know the answers to any of these questions, but love the exploration of them in this movie. What did others see?

  2. #2 tsedek - March 3rd, 2007 at 7:34 am

    “What did others see?”

    An alternative to eternity?

    In Islam it’s forbidden to bet, so I think by the time an evil indoctrine misusing Islam ends up with a ‘winner’ there wouldn’t be any lotery tickets because this life ‘is not worth living, it’s all about the hereafter’ anyway.

    It’s not so ‘reality’ linked this clip, I think….

Feel free to take part in our discussions and debates. Please be respectful and aware that what you say is only your opinion and may not agree with other points of views. Absolutely no hate speech or defamation will be tolerated. Be smart and comment smart. Read our comment policy to find out how not to annoy us.