Reflections on Islām’s Non-Believers
Shaykh Shahin-ur Rahman
Ignoring the emotionally stimulating subtleties – like starting by depicting an angry protest, for example, or conveniently cherry-picking clips of lectures and doing a voiceover immediately after the desired sentence is over – the documentary alluded to some interesting points.
The overwhelming majority of the interviewees came from ‘extremely religious’ families of a Bangladeshi background. Being a first-generation British-born Bangladeshi myself, as well as someone traditionally educated in Sharīʿa, it did not take long to realise the interviewees all had a convoluted understanding of Islām. In fact, family photos of men with beardless faces and women with uncovered hair is enough to question whether the claim of being ‘extremely religious’ is even true. Had Islām truly been embedded in their hearts, they would don the Sunna attire on the outside.
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