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(qiāng )﹐女人蒙着头﹐男人留大鬍aaa。但是这部影片告诉(sù )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(chū )来然后再传(chuán )授给欧洲人﹐他们把印刷术在数百(bǎi )年后才教会欧洲(zhōu )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(jīng )常不洗脸﹑吃生肉喝麵糊糊的时候﹐穆(mù )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(měi )天洗澡﹐穿绸缎﹐洒香水(shuǐ )﹐坐在厚厚的地毯上(shàng )享受美(⏲)味佳肴﹐谈论天文(wén )地理﹑希(xī )腊哲(zhé )学。这是美国(🌂)第一部伊斯兰文化(huà )的(🔥)文(wén )献片(📞)﹐描述(shù )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(hòu )﹐阿拉伯人建立了强(qiáng )大的帝国﹐注重发展经济﹑文化﹑贸(♈)易和科技(jì )。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(xiān )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