普通美国人心中全世(✒)界(🐽)的穆斯林都一个样子﹐他们念【古(gǔ )兰经(jīng )】﹐手里端着自动步枪﹐女人蒙着头﹐(🥩)男人留大鬍aaa。但(dàn )是这部(♑)影片(😎)告诉观眾﹐世界上的医院体制是穆斯林(💆)创造的(de )﹐他们也是最早(🛺)掌握了切割钻石的技术(shù )﹐古希腊的哲学着(zhe )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(bǎi )年后才教会欧洲人。当古代住在欧(ōu )洲北方(⛓)森林里的日尔曼人穿着生皮夹克﹑经常不洗脸﹑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清真寺﹐那里的人每天洗澡﹐穿(🚶)绸缎﹐洒香水﹐坐在厚厚的地毯上享(😙)受美味佳肴﹐谈论天文地(dì )理﹑希(xī )腊(là )哲学。这是美国第一部伊斯(sī )兰文化的文献片﹐描述从1400年前开(kāi )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(dào )1566年奥斯曼帝国苏莱(🙅)曼大帝。在伊斯兰兴起之后(🏗)﹐阿拉伯人建立了强大的帝国﹐注(zhù )重发展(🈺)经济﹑文化﹑贸易和科技。穆斯林发(fā )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(yù )中遥遥领先全世界一(➿)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