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Interfaith Panel Denounces a 9/11 Museum Exhibit's Portrayal of Islam
[NY Times] Past the towering tridents that survived the World Trade Center collapse, adjacent to a gallery with photographs of the 19 hijackers, a brief film at the soon-to-open National September 11 Memorial Museum will seek to explain to visitors the historical roots of the attacks.The film, "The Rise of Al Qaeda," refers to the forces of Evil as Islamists who viewed their mission as a jihad. The NBC News anchor Brian Williams, who narrates the film, speaks over images of terrorist training camps and Qaeda attacks spanning decades. Interspersed with his voice are explanations of the ideology of the terrorists, rendered in foreign-accented English. The documentary is not even seven minutes long, the exhibit just a small part of the museum. But it has suddenly become over the last few weeks a flash point in what has long been one of the most highly charged issues at the museum: how it should talk about Islam and Mohammedans. With the museum opening on May 21, it has shown the film to several groups, including an interfaith advisory group of clergy members. Those on the panel overwhelmingly took strong exception to the film, believing some of the religious terminology in it casts aspersions on all Mohammedans, and requested changes. But the museum has declined. In March, the sole imam in the group resigned to make clear that he could not endorse its contents. Posted by: Fred 2014-04-24 |
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