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...most objections to the film come fromMuslims who feel that The Siege reinforcesthe public's association between Islamic practicesand terrorist activity. "The movie tried to getcloser to the substance of Islam, but in the end,"Siddiqui says, "it was quite flawed, unbalanced."Only terrorists speak of religious matters, andtwo imprisoned characters recite the seminalprayer from the Qur'an (the Muslim scripture)."The practicing Muslims were terrorists, anddespite the portrayal of families praying [duringmontage sequences of community life], the familiesweren't developed," he explains. "There was enoughsuspicion raised in the movie to make even thesefamilies suspect; there's nothing...

Author: By Murad S. Hussain, | Title: IDENTITIES UNDER SIEGE | 11/19/1998 | See Source »

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