1.0City of Brasshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrassAziz Poonawallahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/author/apoonawallaObsession - City of Brassrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="y8gspoj5EB"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/09/obsession.html">Obsession</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/09/obsession.html/embed#?secret=y8gspoj5EB" width="600" height="338" title="“Obsession” — City of Brass" data-secret="y8gspoj5EB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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The movie Obsession is a polemic for the modern age, the digital equivalent of a Jack Chick tract, only directed at muslims rather than Catholics. The movie is somewhat ironically named, because if anything it reflects the obsession that the Islamophobes in western society have with Islam as the bogeyman threat to their romanticized concept…