Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

Maleeha Vincent It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

m-ozfirat This is a much needed documentary especially these days on Islam a religion strongly misunderstood for the ordinary person and a good introduction to the history of Islamic civilisation where you can find rooms dedicated too in all the great Museums of the world. The mostly positive aspects about this documentary is that it covers all the general areas of major Islamic history to get an understanding of the religion and its principles with its contribution to world civilisation and history with easy to follow information and structure on its development dually as religion and distinct civilisation especially the first and second episodes and a good overall conclusion at the end of the series. The critical aspects is that it is also short and should of had an extra episode about the situation of Islam today with the fall of the Ottoman empire and the rise and results of Political Islam in a post-colonial age. The documentary should of also added more social improvements Islam brought to the Arab tribes. The Ottoman episode was good but it should of made a reference to other Mongol states that founded Islamic empires such as the Timurids and explained briefly this new Imperial tradition from its Arab predecessor. For those who think the documentary is a Eulogy or full of anachronisms they are mistaken. It does make references to gripping negative aspects and these are clearly but briefly said you just have to listen and understand in a wider and proper context of the times and not be judgemental which determines your academic understanding and not just a casual interest. The commentators are expert academics mostly non-Muslim so this is not Propaganda to counter the negative politics of today. I highly recommend this documentary for a general understanding to a great civilisation that even Muslims have forgotten.

MartinHafer "Islam: Empire of Faith" is quite good. I can't really fault much of its content. However, sadly, the documentary stops in the 16th century!! This does a disservice to Islam and provides absolutely no insight into Islam today and its relations with the rest of the world. What it does cover is from the birth of the religion in the 7th century, the early days of Islam, the Crusades and the final great years of Islam during the reign of Suliman the Great. Throughout the documentary, you hear lots of experts, see lots of video from various great cities, artwork and the like all set to nice music, Ben Kingsley's lovely narration and great polish.My only complaint, and it's a minor one, is that the film seemed a bit too positive. In other words, instead of a critical look at the religion or Muhammad (which I would also like in a film about Christianity or Buddhism), it's mostly a glowing portrait. The only exception is that it talked about the crazy Egyptian who rules over Jerusalem and helped to spur on the Crusades (and this is the only documentary about the Crusades I've seen that talks about this). Still, it's well made and worth seeing even if a bit incomplete.

hithere30052 I loved every bit of this documentary, I was really eager to know the genesis and the expansion of Islam. I would recommend this movie/documentary for anyone who wants to have an insight on Islam. And i would also recommend it seeing on a big screen TV. Also the narration by Ben Kingsley is phenomenal.Not many people know that Kingsley is a Muslim ( born to an Indian Muslim Father and British Mom).In this present era, with everything thats been said on TV, this is a great eye-opener for the most beautiful religion of the world. For anyone and everyone to know the history and the truth , i highly recommend.

relayedby-imdb This is the first documentary that is fair to Islam and the Muslims. It is strongly recommended for anyone who lives in the West, particularly in the USA, and is skeptical of the propaganda that is constantly spread by the current U.S. administration and certain special-interest think tanks and groups.If you are curious about Islam, and one of those who listen with a critical ear, this is a movie for you to watch. It is a first rate production that describes the faith accurately and recounts history as it was. It is also well crafted, with a beautiful cinematography, an excellent narration and a stunning display of art and architecture. Yes, it is missing a few things, but I don't believe anyone could have done a better job in trying to recount 1400 years of history in two hours.