| Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West | 
 enlarge | Director: Wayne Kopping
Studio: Trinity Home Ent
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (85 reviews)
Sales Rank: 7349
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 77 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: TRHDT4416D
UPC: 692865441632
EAN: 0692865441632
ASIN: B000SM7QTI
Release Date: September 11, 2007
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Product Description
Obsession is a film about the threat of Radical Islam to Western civilization. Using unique footage from Arab television, it reveals an 'insider's view' of the hatred the Radicals are teaching, their incitement of global jihad, and their goal of world domination. The film also traces the parallels between the Nazi movement of World War II, the Radicals of today, and the Western world's response to both threats. Featuring interviews with Daniel Pipes, Steve Emerson, Alan Dershowitz, a former PLO terrorist, and a former Hitler Youth Commander
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Much better than I thought... December 1, 2008
I held off on viewing this in fear of it being a propagandist piece of video to get another Bush prototype elected. I was wrong. While it is prefaced with the statement that not all Muslims are of this radical strain, by the time it gets about halfway through and estimates of 10-15% of all Muslims (numbering roughly 1 billion people) are supportive of this radical Islam, its a very real wakeup call. Whether or not that number is fair or accurate I don't know.
But when the images of preachers of hate come at you one after the other and images of young children speak of being martyrs or dying for Allah, the viewer quickly realizes that this is in fact quite disturbing and it is not going away.
What stood out most of all was the comparison of this strain of Islamo-Fascism with Nazism, the ties between the two drawn explicitly by the rise of a Panzer division of Muslims in Bosnia due to the allegiance of ideology between Hitler and the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. It's quite a stunning climax.
The weakest part of the film is tracing its historical roots. There is some brief mention of its history but it lacks depth and context. In this, I fear, it will simply reinforce or further aggrandize those who already think Islam is only this.
Whether or not the conclusions and the fears stirred up by this documentary hold up with some distance from it, it does provide a very clear perspective that needs to be considered.
 Hopefully It Reaches a General Audience November 22, 2008
Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West," a documentary by Wayne Kopping, is nothing if not controversial. And, it may, indeed, be a bit one-sided. But everybody is entitled to express their point of view in this country.
Kopping has found and integrated many little-known clips from Arabic-language television, including one horrifying little drama about Jews seeking a boy's blood to make their Passover matzos. He also draws explicit parallels between the Jewish hatred of Nazi Germany, and the Jewish hatred we are now seeing among Islamic radical anti-Americans. He has interviewed Sir Martin Gilbert, well-known historian; Professor Robert Wistrich, and Prof. Alan Dershowitz, among others. His aim: to show us the hatred the Islamic radicals are teaching their young, their desire to incite global jihad, and their aim of world domination.
In recent years these terrorists have, of course, attacked New York's World Trade Center twice, the Pentagon, transportation systems in London and Madrid, hotels in Bali and Egypt, American shipping, soldiers' barracks and embassies, and we've seen all this carnage in color on our TV's. Yet we see here a clip of left-winger Michael Moore denying terrorism exists, and we hear that various other deniers claim that Jewry and/and or the American government itself are responsible for this bloodshed. And who can forget Ward Le Roy Churchill, former professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who, shortly after the attacks of 9/11/2001, wrote an article entitled "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens," in which he claimed that people killed in the WTC attack had somehow brought it upon themselves.
So this film can function as a useful corrective to all these many deniers that surround us. Hopefully, it's not so alarmist and propagandist as to be off-putting to the open-minded general audience, and end up preaching only to the choir.
 something everyone should see November 15, 2008
Obsession does a very good job in presenting what, how and who is using one the largest religions in the world to spread hate, violence and death. This isn't a DVD saying that all of Islam, or Muslims are out to destroy America and the West, because they aren't.
What this DVD does is show you how the extremists go about convincing the average Joe that violence is not only the way, but the best way to combat the west. The use of religion for violence isn't anything new, a Muslim suicide bomber attaching tourists is not worse than the Evangelical Christian bombing an abortion clinic. Both groups are using a religion as an excuse for murder and it is wrong. But the average American can not fathom how the average Arab in a place like Iran thinks. And while this DVD will not suddenly pull up the blinds and enlighten you, it does a good job at presenting the facts of the matter. It isn't a clear cut 'this is right and this is wrong' but a look at the matter from a fairly clinical position.
That being said this DVD can serve to just stoke the flames of hatred against Muslims as well. It is hard not to be angry when you see tiny children talking about how they want to kill and burn western leaders. Or listen to people celebrating the bombing of the Twin Towers on 911. Or watching the burning of American bodies in Fallujah. But this sort of thing should make you angry, and give you reason why such hatred on any side should not be tolerated.
DEFINITELY WATCH November 9, 2008
This is thought-provoking, eye-opening DVD. Definitely a must-see. Invite people over & watch it together, then discuss. Be informed what mainstream media is not saying. Check it out for yourself.
 Propaganda Galore November 2, 2008
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
Really blatant that it is circulated around the election.
Extremists are in every organization and religion but this movie didn't show where the line is drawn.
Just hope no one actually gets fooled by it.
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