Films for the Humanities and Sciences - In the Name of God: Holy Word, Holy War

In the Name of God: Holy Word, Holy War

By detailing key incidents ranging from the Dawson’s Field hijackings to the Luxor massacre, this program charts the ever-widening holy war that is pitting Islamists against Zionists and the Arab world against the West. The Kach Party’s Noam Federman; Bassam abu Sharif, founder of the Palestine Democratic Party; Abdel Aziz Rantisi and Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, operational and spiritual leaders of Hamas; Sheikh Jamal Khatab and Sheikh Fadlallah, spiritual leaders of Lebanese al Qaeda and Hezbollah; former Jewish Underground leader Yehuda Etzion; and former PFLP hijacker Leila Khaled are featured, as are former prime minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu and Conor Gearty, expert in human rights law. (47 minutes)

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Item#: BVL31763
Copyright date: ©2002
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-7043-5
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-7044-2

Part of the Series : The Age of Terror: A Survey of Modern Terrorism


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