ST. LOUIS - A St. Louis-area congressman wants to know why the Corporation for Public Broadcasting has shelved a documentary on Islam. Republican Congressman Todd Akin is one of six bipartisan ...

One Detroit’s Chris Jordan spoke to Ariella Gayotto Hohl about making the film “Islam’s Greatest Stories of Love” is a new documentary following Ariella Gayotto Hohl’s journey as she processes grief ...

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Ariella Gayotto-Hohl and Omid Safi are featured in the documentary “Islam’s Greatest Love Stories.” They discuss some of the stories the film explores, including one on the poet Rumi and the tale of ...

International sales company Andana Films has acquired Islamic State documentary “Rojek,” which has its North American premiere in Hot Docs‘ Canadian Spectrum section on Saturday. The film, which had ...

FRONTLINE first reported on the emergence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in early February 2014, months before the group made international headlines declaring its own caliphate. Since then, ...

NISKAYUNA – “Stranger at the Gate,” an Oscar-nominated documentary from Niskayuna native Joshua Seftel, features a new kind of hero. “Their superpower is love and compassion and the ability to forgive ...

Militants unleashed a wave of attacks in Iraq on Thursday, mainly targeting Shiite areas in and around the capital of Baghdad, killing at least 47 people and wounding dozens, authorities told the ...

Iranian documentary filmmaker and female rights activist Mojgan Ilanlou was arrested in Tehran on Sunday and then held for 24 hours, to be freed late Monday. Ilanlou’s detention and the sentence for ...

“We are still struggling in all Abrahamic religions. The sources of these religions have a patriarchal background. The female leadership will change this patriarchal system. In other words, we’ll have ...