In your movie, they appeal to very different topics: the young jihadists, the field of tension between old and new world, in which immigrants move, the Patriarchate, but also the suffering caused by the war. You wouldn’t have had enough material for a series?
Probably. But these themes all play together. I wanted to show that the topic of young people, as the jihadis in the war is complex, and there are no easy answers.
there Was a personal trigger for you?
The nephew of a well-Known flew to Turkey, where his family could get back in at the last Minute on the Syrian border. I asked myself, why do young people? At first, I thought the only people from the radical Milieu, but many are well-integrated young people. And about half are converts. Both of these shocked me.
In search of her son: The father of Abdullah (Kida Khodr Ramadan) from Zurich. Video: Vimeo/Outside the Box
“Al-Shafaq” radicalized young Burak. On his departure, the father and the mother are reacting very differently.
The mother says she will never be able to forgive, that he has taken part in warlike acts, even if Allah does. This is the anger that I feel myself in the light of the suffering that is caused.
In the Film, lawyers are also two state, which asks the family after the Disappearance of the son for help. These look very helpless.
Initially, the family hopes to quite help, but when she realizes that the officials have monitored the radical scene, and perhaps even knew that Burak wanted to leave, she is angry. This anger feel a lot of families, because they ask: “Why did the state do nothing to prevent our children from leaving the country?”
“Why the state has done nothing to stop our children from leaving the country?”
you will Find that European States partly to blame?
Yes. I want to be at this point very precisely: The radical Islamic scene is very small, but very loud and therefore gets heard, thanks to social media. All of these clubs, companies, foundations, and hate preachers in the protection of the mosques, the to go in this direction, to be financed from abroad, from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar or Iran. What are the political intentions of these countries? In places, the get of money to these countries, will certainly not talk about democratic structures, the equality and human rights. We must not be naive!
What should be done?
The question is: Who gives the Religion more? She is part of the cultural heritage and for the children of elementary importance. However, because of the recognized Translations of the Quran are missing, the mediation of the faith of the preachers reserved to mark them with their own attitude. The. This is why it is important to have a cross-teaching religion in the school to anchor.
Riffraff
On Monday will take place following the film screening, a panel discussion on the topic.
Created: 30.10.2019, 16:29 PM
