Tag: Islam
Confessions of an Islamic State Fighter | 1843
"Erion’s family say they don’t resent Lladrovci for blackmailing them. 'We begged as many Albanians in Syria as we could to bring Erion back,' Suad Sadullahi, Erion’s cousin, told me. 'We even asked Lavdrim Muhaxheri. Fitim [Lladrovci] was the only one who agreed.' Two weeks after Erion had been returned, Sadullahi travelled to Obilic to … Continue reading Confessions of an Islamic State Fighter | 1843
Salafistes
"Salafistes is, from start to finish, a gruesome film. Originally shot in Timbuktu after the town fell under jihadist control in 2012, the documentary takes place over the course of four years—first, with live footage of life under Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mali; later, using propaganda videos from the Islamic State in … Continue reading Salafistes
American Qur’an by Sandow Birk
"A project to hand-transcribe the entire Qur'an according to historic Islamic traditions and to illuminate the text with relevant scenes from contemporary American life. Nine years in the making, the project was inspired by a decade of extended travel in Islamic regions of the world." —American Qur'an
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