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While some reviewers have had a positive reception to the film, others have criticised the film as being inaccurate, simplistic, biased and propagandist against Islam. The
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s reviewer, Louis Bayard, argues that "If Davis and Daly had a little imagination, they might see that the devil they’re chasing isn't Islam but
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on January 15, 2006, and had a limited theatrical release in Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta in summer 2006.
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s reviewer, Michael Phillips, describes it as a "deadly dull anti-Islam propaganda piece". The
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Dann Gire, "War and terrorism: What more could moviegoers want?",
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Gregory M. Davis
Bryan Daly
Gregory M. Davis
Bryan Daly
Robert Spencer
Walid Shoebat
Bat Yeor
Serge Trifkovic
Abdullah Al-Araby
propaganda film
Quixotic Media
Robert Spencer
Serge Trifkovic
Bat Ye'or
Abdullah Al-Araby
Walid Shoebat
American Film Renaissance Festival
Hollywood
Chicago Tribune
fundamentalism
counter-jihad
Islam portal
Islamophobia
Criticism of Islam
Islamic terrorism
'Hot-button film should provoke discussions now' by Lawrence Toppman
The Charlotte Observer
"Islam: What the West Needs to Know" **1/2
Chicago Sun-Times

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