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Category Television - Global Date 3/15/2007 |
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The PBS/Global Television North American Debut - Faith Without Fear
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Controversial Canadian Author and Journalist Irshad Manji
Speaks Out Against Violence and Injustice Under The Banner of Islam
PBS Stations - Thursday, April 19 - 9pm ET/PT
www.pbs.org
Global Television - Saturday, April 21 - 8pm ET/PT
www.globaltv.com
ATTN: EDITORS – Production Bios, Photography, and a Synopsis are available at: www.globaltvmedia.com
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(Toronto) – From Gemini Award-winning director Ian McLeod comes Faith Without Fear, a bold one-hour documentary special that follows controversial Canadian author, journalist and outspoken Muslim, Irshad Manji on a personal quest to reconcile her faith in Allah with her love of freedom.
Faith Without Fear premieres on PBS Stations, Thursday, April 19th - 9pm ET/PT and on Global Television, Saturday, April 21st - 8pm ET/PT.
Once described by The New York Times as “Osama bin Laden’s worst nightmare,” Manji, the best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today, traveled throughout Europe, the Middle East and North America speaking out against injustice and violence taking place under the banner of Islam.
Inspired by Islam’s holy book the Qur’an, Manji seeks answers from the Muslim community on how this religion of justice and freedom has become an ideology of fear, and challenges believers to standup for Islam’s fundamental principles as set out by Allah. She refers back to ijtihad, the ancient Muslim tradition of independent thinking, and encourages Muslims of the 21st century to embrace this practice.
Written by Irshad Manji and Ian McLeod; Executive Producers are Gordon Henderson and Silva Basmajian.
Faith Without Fear is produced by 90th Parallel Film and Television Productions Ltd. in co-production with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB), adding to the NFB’s extensive collection of point-of-view documentaries, renowned the world over for generating dialogue on vital social issues. Also produced in association with the Corporation of Public Broadcasting and Global Television, a division of CanWest MediaWorks Inc.
Faith Without Fear is produced with the participation of the of the Canadian Television Fund created by the Government of Canada and the Canadian cable industry, CTF: License Fee Program, with the assistance of the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and the Government of Ontario – the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit.
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Press Contacts:
Global Television
Adrienne Kakoullis
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Jared Seeger
National Film Board (NFB)
Patricia Garcia
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