@article{1355767,
      recid = {1355767},
      author = {Curtin, John, and Carvalho, Paul.},
      title = {Islam behind bars [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (47 min.).},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {No religion is growing faster in Western prisons than  Islam. In the United States alone, there are more than  200,000 Muslim inmates. They are mainly black converts  searching for an alternative to Christianity, which many  reject as the slave-master's faith. Islam Behind Bars takes  an unflinching look at the disruptive power of poisonous  religious demagoguery, but also leaves the viewer with a  better understanding of an intriguing new fact of the black  experience in the West. The prisoners follow a path first  made famous by Malcolm X, who went to jail for pimping and  petty theft and came out a fiery Muslim preacher. He had  discovered a strict religion which could bring discipline  and dignity to men whose lives had been devastated by  violence and drugs. In the aftermath of September 11th,  authorities fear that terrorist organizations may recruit  Muslim prison converts to attack the West. Richard Reid,  the "shoe bomber" was probably recruited while in a British  prison. The film shows that there are some imprisoned  Muslims who find peace and a respect for all of God's  creations in their new faith, and others who direct their  anger at the West.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355767},
}