My Brother the Islamist (2011)
• April 5th, 2011 • 0h 57min
Documentary
Overview
Filmmaker Robb Leech attempts to understand his stepbrother's journey from middle-class white boy in Weymouth to convicted terrorist. In 2010 Robb spent a year filming his stepbrother Rich after he turned his back on the world in which he grew up to become a fundamentalist Muslim called Salahuddin. Robb began filming with his stepbrother as he entered a strange new world where everyone talked about fighting jihad and implementing Sharia law. The result was Robb's acclaimed BBC Three documentary, My Brother the Islamist. When, in 2013, Salahuddin is convicted of preparing terrorism acts and jailed for six years, Robb is desperate to know what triggered his stepbrother, and others like him, to cross the line. Robb seeks out imam and psychologist Alyas Karmani to understand what drives young British-born men and women into radical jihadism. And he confronts Anjem Choudary, the man who converted Rich, about his role in Salahuddin's radicalisation
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Saudi Solutions
Released on: 2006-04-16
Documentary
How to combine modernity and fundamentalist Islam. "Saudi Solutions" is a unique and revealing docum...
Hijacked: Flight 73
Released on: 2023-04-29
Documentary
On 5 September 1986, Palestinian terrorists stormed Pan Am Flight 73 as it stalled on the Karachi Ai...
Bricks!
Released on: 2016-09-20
Documentary
In 1976, the Tate Gallery exhibited an experimental artwork that became a national sensation - Carl ...
Iran: The Hundred Year War
Released on: 2009-02-11
Documentary
What kind of world power is Iran becoming, and how will Western countries deal with it?
Lagun and the Resistance Against ETA
Released on: 2020-12-16
Documentary, History
The turbulent story of the Lagun bookstore — located in San Sebastián, in the Basque Country, Spain ...
When Danish Film Crosses the Line
Released on: 2020-10-12
Documentary
Sex, animal cruelty, Jesus and politics! Movies evoke emotions - some more than others. In this docu...
The Good Terrorist
Released on: 2016-08-27
Documentary
The story of anti-apartheid activist John Harris - who was hanged after a fatal bombing in Johannesb...
The Basque Ball: Skin Against Stone
Released on: 2003-10-03
Documentary, History
An attempt to create a bridge between the different political positions that coexist, sometimes viol...
The 99 Names of God
Released on: 2018-04-21
Documentary
Arab-American filmmaker Yumna Al-Arashi embraces the rhythmic rituals that have run alongside Islami...
It's Hard Being Loved by Jerks
Released on: 2008-09-17
Documentary, History, Crime, Drama
The murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by an Islamic extremist in 2004, followed by the publish...
El instante decisivo
Released on: 2022-07-13
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Spain, 1997. The story of twelve days in July during which Basque society left indifference and fear...
Terror in Europe
Released on: 2016-10-18
Documentary
FRONTLINE and ProPublica go inside Europe’s fight against terrorism — the missed warnings and the li...
Judging Jewell
Released on: 2014-01-29
Documentary
On Saturday, July 27, 1996, a terrorist’s bomb exploded in Centennial Olympic Park at the Atlanta Su...
A Road in India
Released on: 1938-02-05
Documentary
Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
The Worst Thing
Released on: 2019-09-22
Documentary
In 1985, Kathleen lost her brother Eddie, an American soldier, at the hands of the Red Army Faction ...
Inside IS: 10 Days in the Islamic State
Released on: 2016-07-12
Documentary
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer uses this unique opportunity to expose ISIS' apocalyptic vision ...
Gods of Molenbeek
Released on: 2019-08-09
Documentary
The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, bu...