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The mosque in Morgantown : two years in the life of an American Muslim community / Women Make Movies ; a film by Brittany Huckabee ; directed, produced & edited by Brittany Huckabee ; a Version One Productions, Inc. production for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN follows one woman's campaign for change against extremism in her West Virginia mosque, throwing the community into turmoil and raising questions that cut to the heart of American Islam. When former Wall Street Journal journalist and single mother Asra Q. Nomani returns...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Docuseek)
Other Authors: Nomani, Asra Q. (interviewee (expression)), Ihtishaam, Oazi (interviewee (expression)), Arja, Christine (interviewee (expression))
Other title:America at a crossroads (Television program)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [New York, New York] : Women Make Movies, [2009]
Subjects:
Nomani, Asra Q.
Muslims > West Virginia > Morgantown.
Women > Religious aspects > Islam.
Mosques > West Virginia > Morgantown.
Islamic fundamentalism > West Virginia > Morgantown.
Islamic fundamentalism
Mosques
Muslims
Women > Religious aspects > Islam
West Virginia > Morgantown
Documentary television programs
Nonfiction television programs
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Summary:THE MOSQUE IN MORGANTOWN follows one woman's campaign for change against extremism in her West Virginia mosque, throwing the community into turmoil and raising questions that cut to the heart of American Islam. When former Wall Street Journal journalist and single mother Asra Q. Nomani returns from working in Pakistan to her hometown mosque in Morgantown, West Virginia, she believes she sees signs of trouble: exclusion of women, intolerance toward non-believers, and suspicion of the West. She finds such signs particularly alarming and determined to halt the 'slippery slope' that she maintains leads from Islamic intolerance to violence, she begins a campaign to drag the mosque's practices into the 21st century, triggering a heated battle between tradition and modernity.
Item Description:Originally broadcast as a segment of the PBS series America at a Crossroads in 2009.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (55 min.)) : sound, color
Production Credits:Director of photography, Gabriel Goodenough ; original music, Kareem Roustom.
Participant or Performer:Featuring: Asra Nomani, Ihtishaam Oazi, Christine Arja.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 22, 2022).

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