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Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet





Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet, travels in the footsteps of the Prophet to the Arabian desert and the holy city of Mecca where much of Muhammad's story unfolded. But the film does not just stay in the past. Much of its story is told through the observations of contemporary American Muslims, including a fireman at the World Trade Center on September 11, a second generation Arab-American family building a community based on Islamic principles, a Congressional Chief of Staff working for justice, and a refugee fleeing religious persecution, whose experiences in some way echo Muhammad’s life.

With some of the world’s greatest scholars on Islam providing historical context and critical perspective, Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet is history in the present tense. It tells of intrigue and faith, bitter persecution and the birth of a holy book, brutal war and brilliant diplomacy in a desert environment where tribal allegiance was often the only protection.

This 2 hour documentary film aired on PBS in December 2002 and has broadcast worldwide on numerous channels.

Scholars

Karen Armstrong is a world-renowned author who writes on Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. She is the author of Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time and, The Battle for God: Fundamentalism in Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

M. Cherif Bassiouni is a professor of Law at Depaul University in Chicago and a United Nations war crimes expert. In 2007 he was awarded the Hague Prize for International Law.

Reuven Firestone is a professor of Medieval Judaism and Islam at Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. He has been involved in a variety of committees and commissions exploring Jewish-Muslim and Jewish-Arab relations in the United States.

Seyyed Hossein Nasr is a University Professor in Islamic Studies at George Washington University. He has been a teacher and scholar for over four decades.

Imam Hassan Qazwini is the leader of the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan. Since September 11th, Imam Qazwini has been invited by the White House, State Department, and Defense Department to represent the Muslim community.

John Voll is a professor of Islamic history and the associate director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University. He has published numerous articles and books on modern Islamic and Sudanese history.

Michael Wolfe is a poet, author and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation. He has written three books about Islam, Mecca: The Hadj, One Thousand Roads to Mecca, and most recently, Taking Back Islam: American Muslims Reclaim Their Faith.

Hamza Yusuf is an Islamic scholar, teacher, and co-founder of the Zaytuna Institute in California which is dedicated to the revival of Islamic Sciences. He has been a prominent Muslim voice denouncing terror and extremism, while promoting cooperation and education.

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