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Illiterate Children Reciting the Koran on Film: The Left Gives a Standing Ovation for Islam by Paul Cooper <http://www.newsrealblog.com/author/pastorcoop/> Posted on May 1 2011 5:33 pm Paul Cooper is a husband and father above all else. With a wife and 2 daughters he could use a dog, but sadly he only owns a cat - a female cat no less. Paul is also a pastor, blogger, and business owner <http://apoptions.com/> . Find him on Twitter <http://twitter.com/PaulMCooper> . <http://www.newsrealblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/koran-child.jpg> This popular post was first published here <http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/04/27/illiterate-children-reciting-the-kor an-on-film-the-left-gives-a-standing-ovation-for-islam/> on April 27, 2011. I was in the middle of nowhere. I found myself loaded up in an SUV with about 8 other American seminary students as we entered a village in the middle of some woods outside of Jakarta, Indonesia. I tensed up as we passed a Muslim training facility where we were told they train children in two things: the Koran and terror. The ethnic group in that part of Indonesia rejects all education but the Koran and radical Islam. It makes their children ripe pickings for terrorist organizations. That day was probably the scariest in my life. But I was more than just scared, I was also sad. I was heartbroken that the children of that village and in that area were getting no education but the Koran. None of them even understood Arabic, but they could mindlessly read the Koran. And the children grew up with radicals telling them what it means to truly follow God. Most thoughtful people would have a similar reaction to the scene I witnessed. But not the political Left. They are so convinced of the beauty of the spread of Islam, that they are now applauding Koran-only education. I know we always thought progressives were pro liberal education, but that has now been proven wrong with the reaction by many on the Left to a new documentary film called "Koran by Heart." Esteemed documentary filmmaker Greg Baker premiered his film last week at the Tribeca Film Festival <http://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/koran_by_heart-film36562.html> to standing ovations and joyful applause. The film follows young Muslim children in the annual 2009 International Holy Quran Festival held in Cairo, Egypt. The competition pits 110 contestants ranging in age from 7 to 20 against each other in the ability to memorize all 600 pages of the Koran. The movie reveals that most of these kids have devoted their lives to this memorization. Surprisingly, the pro-Muslim film doesn't hide the fact that some of these children learn nothing else, and most of these children don't understand any of the words they are reciting. Salon.com, in a glowing review <http://www.salon.com/entertainment/movies/film_salon/2011/04/25/koran_tribe ca/index.html> , points out: One of our stars is a 10-year-old kid from Tajikistan named Nabiollah, an angelic, big-eyed moppet who can recite the entire Quran from memory in an astonishingly pure boyish soprano, with remarkable command of melody and intonation. He's like the Justin Bieber of Quran recitation, and judges at the Cairo event seize on him as an amazing gift from Allah. But memorizing the Quran (in Arabic, which he does not otherwise speak or read) at a rural madrassa has nearly been Nabiollah's entire education; he is functionally illiterate in Tajik, his own language. How does the Left respond to clear anti-education? They are a bit uncomfortable, but still manage to rise to their feet and applause this pro-Islam film. In the conflict of education versus Islamic propaganda - Mohammad wins every time. Salon.com summarzied the film this way: It's "Spellbound" plus a poetry slam. Plus Islamic fundamentalism.but if you're open to the possibility that Islam in practice is an incredibly diverse spiritual and social movement that embraces 1.6 billion human beings and a lot of internal discussion and disagreement, and that the more we know about it the better, then "Koran by Heart" is a movie you've got to see. This clash between s0-called liberal western views and the love for the spread of Islam continues with another kid in the movie. The start of the film is about a young girl named Rifdha. She wears around her sweet face the strict black hijab. Rifdha appears very intelligent and actually has been educated in math and science. But when Rifdha reveals she wants to be an ocean explorer and scientist, her strict Muslim father demands that she reject further education to become a housewife. Such scenes cause an initial reaction in the Left to shout out pro-women and pro-education sentiments. The internal struggle was clear in an article <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/hoda-osman/koran-by-heart-on-easter-_b_853089 .html> by the Huffington Post <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7129> 's Hoda Osman (a liberal Muslim herself). It is therefore heartbreaking when we then hear her conservative father saying he wants to move to a different country to ensure his daughter gets a religious education and that he doesn't wish for her to work, but to become a housewife. The disappointment in the audience could almost be felt. Osman proclaims that the mother is like a hero in that she wants her daughter to have a great education and future as a scientist. She recounts that at the screening Rifdha and her parents were actually there along with the film's director. Afterwards they took questions. And one person had the guts to ask the father directly if he would be open to letting Rifdha get more education and be a scientist. The Muslim father responded by saying Rifdha must be a housewife. Just when Osman and all the Progressives are about to come to their senses about Islam, the director of the film speaks up. Here's how Osman ends her article: The director quickly took the microphone and spoke some words of wisdom. When we go around the world making films we don't tell people how to live their lives, he said. Nobody tells us how to live our lives, he added. He graciously thanked the family for coming all the way to New York to attend the opening. Inspiring film. Good point. Lesson learned. And there you have it. It doesn't matter what the Left believes about education, women, or freedom. The spread of Islam must happen. We must not fear it or reject any part of it. We can't push our values on them, no matter how much the culture of Sharia <http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=774> spreads into our own borders. Many of the articles on the film screenings reported the movie getting large standing ovations. It reminded me of a line from a Star Wars films: So this is how liberty dies.with thunderous applause. <http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/05/01/illiterate-children-reciting-the-kor an-on-film-the-left-gives-a-standing-ovation-for-islam-1/> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [email protected]. -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [email protected] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. 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