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aaa。但是这部(bù )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(men )把印刷术在数百年后(hòu )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(xǐ )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(hé )清真寺﹐那里的人每天洗澡﹐穿绸缎﹐洒香(😝)水(🔈)﹐坐在厚厚的地(dì )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(dì )一个千年的文化发展(🤼)和科学(xué )进步﹐具体的年代是从570年先(xiān )知(zhī )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(sī )兰(lán )兴起之后(hòu )﹐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(lā )伯数字(🌲)的数学原理﹐在科学﹑医学﹑光学﹑天文(wén )学﹑哲学﹑法学领域中(zhōng )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