Publication
Imprint: Cresent Films Production for Channel 4, 2009. Responsibility: a Crescent Films production for Channel 4 ; produced & directed by Faris Kermani. Credits: Editor, Olivia Baldwin ; music, Ian Masterson. Performer(s): Narrator, Art Malik ; featured experts, Ziauddin Sardar, Sarah Joseph, Tariq Ramadan. OCLC Number: 770219219. Language: In English with English subtitles. Physical: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. DVD.
Call number
DVD / Front Desk
ISBN
9781608831036
UPC
841887011068
Original publication date
2009
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Description: Explore the lives and beliefs of six young people whose usual places of worship are some of the most beautiful and historic mosques in the Muslim world. In this series of intimate portraits, join them as they leave their homes and families to travel to Saudi Arabia on their journeys of a lifetime the pilgrimage to Mecca, where the prophet Muhammad was born. Within decades of the death of Muhammad, Islam spread rapidly and its history can be traced through the flowering of exquisite Muslim architecture. Over the next few hundred years, fabulous mosques from Spain to Iran, Turkey to Mali, formed a focus of Muslim life, as they continue to do today. Seven Wonders of the Muslim World starts its journey at six of these locations and culminates at the mosque towards which all practicing Muslims turn when they pray.
Contents: Mecca (4:03) --
Al-Aqsa Mosque/Dome of the Rock (3:16) --
Al-Aqsa Mosque (3:40) --
Alhambra --
Granada, Spain (4:25) --
First Pillar of Islam: Testimony (1:16) --
The Blue Mosque (4:08) --
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali (4:04) --
Third Pillar of Islam: Charity (0:59) --
Imam Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (2:19) --
Iran: Politics and Religion (2:33) --
Fourth Pillar of Islam: Fasting (1:17) --
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (3:13) --
Fifth Pillar of Islam: Pilgrimage (1:15) --
Mecca and the Kaaba (5:59) --
Rituals at the Kaaba (5:12) --
At the Kaaba: The Most Important Day (5:33) --
Credits: 'Seven Wonders of the Muslim World' (0:05).
FY2014 / jvsn
Contents: Mecca (4:03) --
Al-Aqsa Mosque/Dome of the Rock (3:16) --
Al-Aqsa Mosque (3:40) --
Alhambra --
Granada, Spain (4:25) --
First Pillar of Islam: Testimony (1:16) --
The Blue Mosque (4:08) --
The Great Mosque of Djenne in Mali (4:04) --
Third Pillar of Islam: Charity (0:59) --
Imam Mosque in Isfahan, Iran (2:19) --
Iran: Politics and Religion (2:33) --
Fourth Pillar of Islam: Fasting (1:17) --
Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan (3:13) --
Fifth Pillar of Islam: Pilgrimage (1:15) --
Mecca and the Kaaba (5:59) --
Rituals at the Kaaba (5:12) --
At the Kaaba: The Most Important Day (5:33) --
Credits: 'Seven Wonders of the Muslim World' (0:05).
FY2014 / jvsn
Physical description
4.75 inches
Description
Follow six young pilgrims as they make their way from their homes and families on a journey of a lifetime to Mecca, birthplace of the prophet Muhammad. Features the Grand Mosque in Mecca; the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; the Alhambra in Granada, Spain; the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey; the Great Mosque of Djenné, Mali; the Imam Mosque in Esfahan, Iran; and the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan.
Language
Original language
English