By contrast, growing up in America, a nation 70% of which calls itself Christian, even those of us who don't consider ourselves Christian think of Christianity as a faith, not a political force. We look at it as far more a political force, than we do as a religious faith.

When many of us look at Islam, we look it as a historical phenomenon, as a force which arose 1500 years ago, conquered a good portion of the world, and with which, now, we have relatively bad relations. This is something, I think, that we would do well to expose our own children to, not to convert them, but to show why Muslims believe as they do. I rated it so highly, though, because I thought it so effectively portrayed Islam as someone growing up in Islam would be introduced to it. The animation is well done, and the movie runs at a comfortable speed. It has a sort of Ballywood flavor, in that serious matters are leavened by humor and music at appropriate moments. The movie serves as a well constructed introduction to Mohammed and Islam, suitable for minds 8 years old and up. This is an excellent movie, well suited, I think, for a teaching role in elementary schools.

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