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Title: Bollywood vs. Bin Laden: Why radical Islam fears pop culture

Added: May 2, 2011

Author: ReasonTV

Duration: 5:0

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Even before Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. soldiers, his brand of anti-modern, anti-pleasure Islam was under attack by Bollywood, India's pop culture juggernaut that boasts a global audience of 3 billion people.As Reason Foundation Senior Analyst Shikha Dalmia explains, Bollywood movies and videos appeal to young men and women in Muslim and Arab countries because they dramatize the sorts of tensions between traditional and modern ways of living. "Who should decide who one should marry - is it the parents or is it the boy and girls themselves?" asks the Indian-born and raised Dalmia. "In the West, in Hollywood movies, it's not even an issue. But it's a huge issue in that part of the world and all of Bollywood movies deal with that one central question."Dalmia also notes that Muslims are among the most popular - and sexually suggestive - performers in Bollywood productions. "When you have Muslims succeeding in Bollywood as Muslims, it makes them feel, well, we don't have to give up our religion in order to be modern," observes Dalmia. "That's very, very subversive...of Islamic demands and Islamic extremism....If you can have a good time in this world...and still be religious, why do you have to strap suicide bombs to your chest and blow yourself up?"Approximately 4,30 minutes. Produced and edited by Hawk Jensen; camera by Paul Detrick.Go to http://www.reason.tv/ for downloadable versions of this video and subscribe to Reason.tv's YouTube channel for automatic notifications when new material goes live.

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Youtube Comments: 225

flynstl1 Says:

Jul 1, 2011 - You mean the well off, educated, felons of the west. Thats where the majority of converts dwell in the west, prison. I never claimed wikipedia as a source but even if I got it from scribblings on the bathroom wall that doesn't make the truth less true. Obviously we will never agree on this subject. However you will never find a person affiliated with my beliefs that would happily strap a bomb to themselves or gullable child a send them into a crowd of women and children. Peace!

SquareFan786 Says:

Jul 19, 2011 - those who preaches islam and bring people closer to God i respect them, regardless if they are called 'radical' or 'extremist'.the middle east is the only part of the world that is still pure from all these satanic tribulations such as bollywood. they corrupt our mind and take us away from God.if being 'modern' means that i have to oggle at half naked women dancing like sluts, instead of worshipping Allah (God), than i would prefer to stay traditional, and keep my mind clean from all this filth!

SuperVeshi Says:

Jul 23, 2011 - Lmao shaking ur booty is modernization??? If bollywood wants to contribute to Muslim society mayne they should give the Kashmiris freedom..... If not them atleast bring those mass rapists and murderers in gujeraat to justice.,.lmao at imdia doesn't discriminate. Check out that movie bandit queen.they discriminate against there own low cast countrymen

MrTheCorrupter Says:

Aug 3, 2011 - India has more Muslims than anywhere in the world excepting Indonesia- Malaysia belt. Sectarian violence happens everywhere from Bosnia - Pakistan(recently 100 people were shot dead by their own so called Muslim brothers.One or two incidents of violence do not define the role of Indian Muslims.They are free, peace loving and owing to the fact that they should reconcile some aspects of faith to live in a secular democracy and all turned out well.Kashmir is and will always be Indian.

MrTheCorrupter Says:

Aug 3, 2011 - @subarkts stone age mooslims live in Pakistan and the arab bedouin lands and strap bombs to their kids, not so much in India.

LoveSenseDimension Says:

Aug 24, 2011 - I'm American and I LOVE Bollywood, Hollywood is crap. Bollywood is about tradition, love and family. And not to mention Salman Khan ;).

Pizziesta Says:

Aug 25, 2011 - Bin Laden? LOLIslam is far from what these evil people attribute to it. 911 has nothing to do with Islam.

SuperVeshi Says:

Aug 31, 2011 - These fuckers are delusional .,.Let's see I'm the Hindus holy scriptures,when diryodan got the pandavas daughter in law to do a strip tease for him after winning her in a game of dice, why wasn't there peace and modernization ?? Instead there was war!!! Or was the war not for the pandavas daughter in law??? Just for land??? I mean would you really go to war for a woman who's a bigamist that married to 5 brothers??? Why are these Indians contradicting there own religious scriptures???

SuperVeshi Says:

Aug 31, 2011 - Mr the corruptedImdia might have more Muslims than Pakistan .1 because indians are slowly but surely seeing the light Hinduism might be older then Islam (as in prophet muhummads revelations) but for an older religion Hinduism is very basic and stonage.Hinduism has no caps on marriages .after the revelations of the Quran the Arabs stopped the killings of innocent children because of there sex,India onlyStopped burning orphans and female widows alive at the funeral pure as a negotiation for f

Rosstaman100 Says:

Oct 5, 2011 - I'm in Trujillo, Peru. My dvd shop displays Bollywood movies in the window, Hollywood movies on the shelves. Bollywood's got it going on. They put MTV and VH1 to shame, and they do it with class.

DeepakPawndU Says:

Nov 5, 2011 - Okay, first off Hindus change with time, and so does their so called religion. Hindusim is hardly a religion, they don't have any particular rules per say. Hindism is a way of life thats all. Hindus used to practice Sati (google it, it was a horrible practice) and the caste system and now not only is it not followed but it is Illegal in India to do anything like that, which shows that Hindus can change with time and yet keep their basisc morals intact.

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 7, 2011 - ,but could be bribed to.Later on in the Mughal period,pensions,gifts&rehabilitative help were offered to the potential sati to wean her away from committing the act.Children were strictly forbidden from following the practice.The later Moghul rulers continued to put obstacles in the way

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 7, 2011 - During the Mughal rule, sati became more widely practised, especially in the north.[Humayun issued a royal fiat against sati, which he later withdrew.Akbar required that permission be granted by his officials,these officials were instructed to delay the womans decision for aslong as possible.The reasonin was that she was less likely to choose to die once the emotions of the moment had

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 7, 2011 - passed.In the reign of Shah Jahan, widows with children were not allowed to burn under any circumstances.In other cases,governors did not readily give permission

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 7, 2011 - 2nd paragraph1st paragraph3rd paragraph thats the order u read it in deepak,,,,. lol at hinduism is not a religion its a way of life,,,,,,son all religions are a way of life, as for hinduism changing to make it match with todays times and keepp its morals intact, so , how old is hinduism???? it took so many 1000s of years to change , that was only by force, when i beleive the british ruled you,

rtshchand Says:

Nov 21, 2011 - We will rape all kashmiri muslim women, and all u fucked up porkis will do is cry like little bitches u all are.

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 21, 2011 - Rtschan.as they say charity begins at home.so I take it u raped ur mum and sisters did u??? Lol I bet they wernt crying. I bet they were screaming with joy"oh I wish u were a paki" lol I can tell by ur frustration that ur a rape victim son

SuperVeshi Says:

Nov 21, 2011 - Faggot was ur mum an sisters taped diryodan style????

FEZAN78 Says:

Dec 10, 2011 - Hell with bollywood 1 day Islam will destroy bollywood

Crucible0Patriot Says:

Dec 14, 2011 - And tell me.....What is your end result.? The Song , the dance the bomb the show....hey it's all ok??

Crucible0Patriot Says:

Dec 14, 2011 - 

Crucible0Patriot Says:

Dec 14, 2011 - Seriously..The song the body bla bla. DOES NOT represent Islam. And Most Definitly Radical Islam....Their objective is killing you point of view. Raping and murdering those of your perspective....Hey...I am a deterent....yet your comments lend to a FREEDOM perspective and we AMERICANS know that is a LIE....You have NO, NO, Freedom. You are slaves to your culture. PROVE ME WRONG...

TheFatCampCrew Says:

Dec 30, 2011 - Are u a stone age person?

jungibaaz Says:

Feb 16, 2012 - New Muslim generation thinks Islam = terrorism, so they are adopting Indian and western culture which makes them filthy scum bags. No wonder why Muslim world is a hell hole.

becharev Says:

Feb 17, 2012 - Intelligent woman !

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