伊斯兰：信*@ 仰帝国

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普通美=\国人心中全世界的穆斯林都一个/样子``﹐他们^^念【古兰经】﹐手里端着自动步枪?\﹐女人蒙着头﹐男人留?=*大鬍鬚。但/是这部影 片告诉观眾[﹐世界上的医,院#体制*.是穆斯林创造的﹐他们 也是最]早掌握了%切割钻@#$石的技术﹐古希腊的哲(学着作是被阿拉伯人挽-救出来然后再/-)(传授给欧-洲.人﹐^他们把印刷术在数百年后*\才教会欧洲人。当古代住在欧洲北方*森林里的日尔: 曼@+:人穿着生皮夹克﹑经常不洗脸/﹑吃生`肉) 喝麵糊糊的时候﹐;`^穆斯林世界已经造起了金碧辉.煌的王宫和清%]\真寺﹐那里%*的人每天洗澡﹐穿绸缎﹐#洒香\水﹐坐在厚厚/的地毯上享受
(美味佳肴﹐谈论天文地理﹑希腊\哲学##`。这是美国第一部伊斯兰文化的文献`片﹐描述从1400年 前开`/始的第一个千年的文化发展和科学
,(进步﹐`=%具体的年代是从570年先知穆罕默德传播伊斯=$兰到) \1566年奥斯曼帝=国苏莱曼大帝$。在伊;斯兰兴起`^$之后﹐阿拉伯人建!* 立了强!^%
大的帝/@]国﹐*?注重发展经济,[﹑文化﹑贸易和科技。穆斯林发明了用阿拉伯数字的数学原理﹐在科学﹑医学﹑光学﹑天_^文学﹑哲学﹑法学领域中遥遥领?@[先全世界一千_;*多年。Amazon.comIslam:EmpireofFaithistheepicPBSdocumentarythatchartsthehistoryofIslamfromitsbeginningsinMeccaandMedinaintheseventhcenturytothegloryoftheOttomanEmpire1,000yearslater.ThedemonizationofIslambytheWesthasalonghistory,stretchingbacktotheFirstCrusadeattheendofthe11thcentury.ThisdocumentaryredressesthebalancebyshowingtherichesofIslamiccultureandthevitalroleplayedbyIslaminpreservingandbuildinguponancientwisdomfromEastandWestatatimewhenmostofEuropewasstumblingthroughtheDarkAges.Muslimphysicians,mathematicians,andastronomersstretchedtheboundariesofhumanknowledge,andMuslimarchitectscreatedsomeofthemostbeautifulbuildingsintheworld.Islamalsooffersfascinatinginsightsintokeypersonalities,fromMuhammadhimself--asimplemerchantwhosevisionofasingledeityforgedwarringtribesintoanation--togreatconquerorssuchasMehmedandSuleyman,whopresidedoveranempirethatstretchedfromSpaintoIndia.Thefaithitselfisclearlyexplained,andinterviewswithhistoriansandreligiousscholarsbringhomebothitssimplicityandthewaythatitsurvivedhugeculturalchanges(liketheMongolinvasionsofthe13thcentury)toemergestrongerthanever.IslamhasoftenbeenmisunderstoodintheWest,butthissplendiddocumentaryhelpstosettherecordstraight.--SimonLeake