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Title The mosque in Morgantown
Published [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 77 min.)
Summary When Muslim writer and activisit Asra Nomani returns to her hometown mosque in West Virginia, she believes she sees signs of trouble: exclusion of women, intolerance toward nonbelievers, suspicion of the West. Her resulting campaign for change alienates would-be allies in the mosque, leading many to wonder who most deserves the label of "extremist." It isn't long before members put forward a petition to expel her from the Islamic Center of Morgantown. As Asra takes an increasingly different path from the community's moderates - marching on the mosque, posting a manifesto on its door, storming out of a community meeting and challenging a visiting sheik about domestic violence - the film provides a rare look at the real controversies that divide a Muslim community. The Mosque in Morgantown is sometimes raucous and not always politically correct, but it reveals a truth that will surprise many Americans: the view inside this mosque is actually quite familiar. Words like extremism and terrorism are thrown about, but in the end they are beside the point. The arguments over gender, tradition and tactics in the Morgantown mosque also play out in communities across the nation - from churches and synagogues to secular volunteer organizations. And the question of how to effect change is just as difficult
Notes Title from title frames
Event Originally produced by Version One Productions in 2009
Subject Nomani, Asra Q.
SUBJECT Nomani, Asra Q. fast (OCoLC)fst01581760
Subject Muslim women -- United States
Islamic fundamentalism -- West Virginia
Muslims -- West Virginia -- Morgantown
Mosques -- West Virginia -- Morgantown
Islamic fundamentalism.
Mosques.
Muslim women.
Muslims.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Mosques.
Muslim women.
Muslims.
SUBJECT United States. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095330
West Virginia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79059831
Morgantown (W. Va.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063919
Subject United States.
West Virginia.
West Virginia -- Morgantown.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Huckabee, Brittany, film director producer
Kanopy (Firm)