The War Within [Part 1/9]

The war on terror has an unusual effect on one man in this independent drama. Hassan (Ayad Akhtar) was an engineering student from Pakistan who, while studying in Paris, was one of several Pakistani students arrested by intelligence officers on suspicion of participating in international terrorist activities. Hassan was innocent of any crimes, but it took him hours to convince the authorities of this. By the time Hassan was released, his attitude about the West had begun to change, and in time he began to identify with the terrorists with whom he had been unwittingly associated. Hassan then renounces his old life, joins a radical group, and illegally slips into the United States with the aim of staging a major terrorist action in New York City. Hassan comes to stay with an old friend, Sayeed (Firdous Bamji), and his family; Hassan has told Sayeed and his wife (Sarita Choudhury) that he's come to New York in search of a job, but in time Sayeed suspects his friend has a different agenda in mind. The War Within was screened as part of the 2005 Toronto Film Festival.

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[Muslimstruggler]

Fuck USA A BUNCH OF CRIMINAL TERRORISTS

[Killer0fTheSun]

@Muslimstruggler

Generalizations never work son

[SouzanAlAlmaniye]

@TheComrad7 what do you mean? explain a bit more plz.

[TheComrad7]

90+% of terrorism created was and is by Christians... What's the point of this movie? To portray Muslims "trapped" into reality that is "painted" for them and being "guided" by deceivers (kafirs)?

Popquiz - what's the difference between an Islamist and a Muslim?

I say NOT!

[ncc74656m]

And so we ask the question - who is the real terrorist? I don't believe that the US and "Coalition" forces are, outright anyway, but certainly these shadow agencies that perform these kinds of actions are.

[AmericansRFree]

@Muslimstruggler Huh?

[91Tribual]

now that i think of it,americans are really bad actors

[Suzy3960]

Muslimstruggler - get your geography straight. The students were arrested in Britain, not the USA. Furthermore, not all people in the US identify Muslims (whatever country you hail from) as terrorists. I dated a Pakistani Muslim for 2 years and his mind set was nothing like yours. It's people like you that create these kind of situations with your hate propaganda. May God have mercy on your soul for this gross misperception of what God wants of His people here on earth.

[TheTruth8018]

typical bullshit pakistani government and isi arseholes to the usa