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'''Valle de la Mocha''' ("the Valley of Mocha") is a plain in [[Chile]] on the north shore of the [[Bio-Bio River]] that contained the ''[[Indian Reductions|reducción]]'' of [[Mapuche]] who were transported in 1685, from [[Mocha Island]] by Governor [[José de Garro]]; from which the valley and plain took its name. Governor [[Domingo Ortiz de Rosas]] transferred the old city of [[Concepcion, Chile|Concepcion]] to this site from [[Penco]] after the May 25, [[1751 Concepción earthquake]].
{{Infobox Film |
name = Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West|
image = ObsessionRadicalIslam.jpg|
caption = |
writer = [[Wayne Kopping]]<br>[[Raphael Shore]]|
starring = |
director = [[Wayne Kopping]] |
producer = [[Peter Mier]]<br>[[Raphael Shore]] |
distributor = |
released = September 2007 |
runtime = |
language = English<br>Arabic<br>French<br>[[Persian language|Persian]]|
budget = $250,000 |
imdb_id = 0487116 |
}}
'''''Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West''''', also called '''''Obsession''''', is a 2006 [[documentary film|documentary movie]] about [[Islamism|Islamist]] teachings and goals which uses extensive [[Arab world|Arab]] and [[Iran]]ian television footage.<ref>{{citeweb|title=Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487116/|publisher=''[[IMDB]]''|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> ''Obsession'' compares the threat of radical Islamism with that of [[Nazism]] before [[World War II]],<ref>{{citeweb|title=The Threat to Western Civilization|url=http://www.ctsastl.org/site/more.php?id=386_0_1_0_M|publisher=''Center for Theology and Social Analysis''|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> and draws parallels between radical Islamists and the [[Nazi Party]] during the War, specifically [[Adolf Hitler]]'s relationship with the [[Grand Mufti of Jerusalem]] as an inspiration for radical Islamic movements in the [[Middle East]] today.


== Source ==
The film was produced by [[Raphael Shore]] in collaboration with the pro-Israel media watch group [[HonestReporting]].
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=CYYCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA450,M1 Francisco Solano Asta-Buruaga y Cienfuegos, '''Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile''', SEGUNDA EDICIÓN CORREGIDA Y AUMENTADA, NUEVA YORK, D. APPLETON Y COMPAÑÍA. 1899.] pg. 450 Valle de la Mocha
Rebecca Kabat, as vice-president of [[Clarion Fund]], wrote to the [[Internal Revenue Service]] that Castello Limited{{cn}} produced "Obsession".<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://centerforinvestigativereporting.org/files/Clarion2.pdf
| archiveurl http://www.webcitation.org/5bTbWUUoJ
| archivedate 2008-10-10
| title = Clarion Fund correspondence with Internal Revenue Service
| last = Kabat
| first = Rebecca
| date = 2007-07-23
| format = pdf
| publisher = [[Center for Investigative Reporting]]
| quote = The film 'Obsession' was produced by Castello Limited.
| accessdate = 2008-10-10
}}</ref>


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The film features analysis by figures such as [[Nonie Darwish]] (the daughter of a [[Fedayeen]] soldier), [[Alan M. Dershowitz]], [[Steven Emerson]], [[Brigitte Gabriel]], [[Martin Gilbert]], [[Caroline Glick]], [[Alfons Heck]], [[Glen Jenvey]], [[John Loftus]], [[Salim Mansur]], [[Itamar Marcus]], [[Khaleel Mohammed]], [[Daniel Pipes]], [[Tashbih Sayyed]], [[Walid Shoebat]], [[Khaled Abu Toameh]], [[Robert Wistrich]] and interviews with Israeli officials and a former [[Palestine Liberation Organization|PLO]] operative.


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The movie has been called [[Islamophobic]] and accused of pushing a political agenda by critics.<ref name="Gharib">
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{{cite news
| url http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983 <!-- original link to web site -->
| url = http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=43983 <!-- printable version -->
| title = Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video
| agency = [[Inter Press Service]]
| last = Gharib
| first = Ali
| coauthors = Clifton, Eli
| date = 2008-09-24
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>


[[es:Valle de la Mocha]]
==Use of Pseudonyms==
According to the [[London Review of Books]] neither the film's executive producer nor producer have been disclosed. Raphael Shore recounted that the names listed in the movie's credits, "Peter Mier" and "Brett Halperin", are pseudonyms, and that the individual behind the pseudonym "Peter Mier" provided 80% of the $400,000 required to fund the film's production.<ref name="lrb">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.lrb.co.uk/v30/n19/shtz01_.html
| title = Short Cuts
| last = Shatz
| first = Adam
| work = [[London Review of Books]]
| date = 2008-10-09
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/873843.html
| title = 'Obsession' stokes passions, fears and controversy
| last = Berman
| first = Daphna
| work = [[Haaretz]]
| date = 2007-06-28
| quote = But Mier and Halperin are just aliases, Shore says.
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.nypost.com/seven/02072007/gossip/pagesix/terror_expert_pagesix_.htm
| title = Terror Expert
| work = [[Page Six]]
| date = 2007-02-07
| publisher = [[New York Post]]
| location = [[New York City]]
| quote = This 'Obsession' is a documentary about radical Islam. [[Rudy Giuliani|Giuliani]] had just been interviewed in the suite by producer [[Erik Werth]] for the sequel.
| accessdate = 2008-10-10
}}</ref>

==Disclaimer==
After a quote from [[Edmund Burke]], the movie starts with a disclaimer that reads:
"This is a film about radical Islamic terror. A dangerous ideology, fueled by religious hatred. It's important to remember most Muslims are peaceful and do not support terror. This is not a film about them. This is a film about a radical worldview, and the threat it poses to us all, Muslim and non-Muslim alike."<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/091708/opi_333084896.shtml
| title = Terrorism: Looking for context
| work = [[The Florida Times-Union]]
| date = 2008-09-16
| location = [[Jacksonville, Florida]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| quote = The documentary, Obsession, a DVD contained in this newspaper last Sunday, begins with a disclaimer. 'This is a film about radical Islamic terror.'
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://blog.news-record.com/staff/jrblog/2008/09/why_we_didnt_di.shtml
| title = Why we didn't distribute "Obsession"
| last = Robinson
| first = John
| work = The Editor's Log
| publisher = [[Greensboro News & Record]]
| location = [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]
| date = 2009-09-21
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| quote = The documentary begins with a statement: 'This is a film about radical Islamic terrorism.'
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite journal
| url = http://wweek.com/editorial/3447/11601/
| title = Obsession
| last = Mesh
| first = Aaron
| date = 2008-10-01
| volume = 34
| issue = 47
| journal = [[Willamette Week]]
| publisher = Willamette Week Newspaper
| location = [[Portland, Oregon]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| quote = 'It's important to remember,' a title card warns in the first minute, over the sounds of ominous ululating, 'most Muslims are peaceful and do not support terror.'
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite journal
| url = http://www.tsweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3348&Itemid=71
| title = "Obsession": Springing a September Surprise?
| last = Miller
| first = H Bruce
| date = 2008-09-30
| journal = The Source Weekly
| publisher = Lay It Out Inc
| location = [[Bend, Oregon]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| quote = The opening sequence contains a cautionary note: 'It is important to remember most Muslims are peaceful and do not support terror.'
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://cbs4.com/local/obsession.muslim.religion.2.818889.html
| title = "Obsession" DVD Raises Concerns Over Propaganda
| date = 2008-09-16
| work = [[WFOR-TV]]
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| publisher = [[CBS Television Stations]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-09
| quote = At the beginning of the film, it points out 'It's important to remember, most Muslims are peaceful and do not support terror.'
}}</ref>

==Screenings==
===Public===
Segments of the documentary have aired on [[CNN Headline News]],<ref name="nyt" /> and [[Fox News]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,226482,00.html| title = Documentary Portrays Islamic Extremists' Call to Arms Against the Free World| accessdate = 2008-09-14| date = 2006-11-03| publisher = ''[[Fox News Channel]]''}}</ref>

In [[Dearborn, Michigan]], local religious leaders called a free screening of the documentary on {{date|2008-09-11}} a divisive publicity stunt.<ref name="Warikoo">
{{cite news
| url = http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080911/NEWS05/809110352
| title = Critics slam screening of Muslim documentary today
| last = Warikoo
| first = Niraj
| work = [[Detroit Free Press]]
| publisher = Freep.com
| date = 2008-09-11
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>
Joe Wierzbicki<ref name="Overby">
{{cite news
| url = http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95076174
| title = Charity Floods Swing States With Anti-Islam DVD
| last = Overby
| first = Peter
| work = [[Morning Edition]]
| publisher = [[National Public Radio]]
| date = 2008-09-26
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
| quote Wierzbicki, the movie promoter, also works for two political organizations.
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Joe_Wierzbicki
| title = Joe Wierzbicki
| publisher = [[SourceWatch]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>
of the King Media Group,<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.kingmediagroup.com/Bios/JoeWierzbicki.asp
| title = Joe Wierzbicki - Director of Public Relations
| publisher = King Media Group
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>
Russo Marsh & Rogers,<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.rmrwest.com/index.php/RMRWest/Principals/index.php#JoeWierzbicki
| url http://www.rmrwest.com/index.php/RMRWest/Principals/principlas.asp#JoeWierzbicki
| title = Principals
| publisher = Russo Marsh & Rogers
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Russo_Marsh_and_Rogers
| title = Russo Marsh & Rogers
| publisher = [[SourceWatch]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>
and the Our Country Deserves Better PAC,<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.ourcountrydeservesbetter.com/whoweare/index.html
| title = Board Members and Staff
| publisher = Our Country Deserves Better PAC
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Our_Country_Deserves_Better
| title = Our Country Deserves Better
| publisher = [[SourceWatch]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>
said: "There is a problem with an acceptance of radical Islam in Dearborn more so than anywhere else than I know of," according to the [[Detroit Free Press]], quoting Wierzbicki as a spokesman for a California-based public relations company hired to promote the film.<ref name="Warikoo"/>
Wierzbicki later said Right Reel,{{cn}} a distributor of conservative films, hired him.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.npr.org/blogs/secretmoney/2008/10/clarion_answers_some_questions.html
| title = Some Answers On Clarion, And Still Some Questions
| last = Overby
| first = Peter
| coauthors = Evans, Will
| work = The Secret Money Project
| publisher = [[National Public Radio]]
| date = 2008-10-07
| quote = He said he was hired by Right Reel, a distributor of conservative films, but he expressed doubt that Right Reel was the ultimate funder of the screening.
| accessdate = 2008-10-10
}}</ref>

===Congressional===
In December, 2006, [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representatives]] [[Eric Cantor]] (R-Va.), [[Chief Deputy Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives|Chief Deputy Majority Whip]], and [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] (D-Fla.) co-sponsored a screening of the film on Capitol Hill. Cantor's cousin and Wasserman's constituent Daniel Cantor Wultz was murdered by an [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Islamic Jihad]] suicide bomber.<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.house.gov/list/press/fl20_schultz/ObsessionMovieScreening.html | title = Reps. Cantor, Wasserman Schultz Statement on Capitol Hill Screening of "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" |publisher=''[[United States House of Representatives]]''| accessdate = 2008-09-14 | date = 2006-12-05}}</ref>

===Campus===
The documentary has been screened on 30 major US campuses including [[Hofstra University|Hofstra]], [[Pace]], [[USC]], [[UCLA]] and [[New York University|NYU]].<ref name="nyt">{{cite web|title=Film’s View of Islam Stirs Anger on Campuses|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/26/movies/26docu.html?ei=5087%0A&em=&en=a4062496f8729e35&ex=1172638800&pagewanted=print|publisher=''[[New York Times]]''|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref>

After a showing on November 13 at the [[University of Florida]], a forum sponsored by Law School Republicans read: "Radical Islam Wants You Dead" prompted Patricia Telles-Irvin, vice president of student affairs, to call for an apology for "promoting a negative stereotype".<ref name="tbo">{{citeweb|title=Suppressing Speech On Campus Hurts University's Prestige|url=http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/dec/13/na-suppressing-speech-on-campus-hurts-universitys-/|publisher=[[The Tampa Tribune]]|accessdate=2008-03-08}}</ref> Law professor Steven Willis, faculty adviser for the Law School Republicans, who sponsored the film, responded, "Your arguments about 'diversity' and 'responsibility' and 'divisiveness' are irrelevant to that fundamental issue: The actions are protected speech and you have no right - in your "official" capacity - to censure them, either before or after the fact. Indeed, you have the obligation not to do so," he said.<ref name="tbo"/> The call for an apology was quickly responded to by Florida's Attorney General and House Majority Leader. Both claimed the university was completely out of line and stifled free speech on campus. Afterwords the University rescinded its call for apology. In a Dec. 13 editorial, the ''[[Tampa Tribune]]'' called for Patricia Telles-Irvin, "the overly sensitive vice president of student affairs," to resign.<ref name="tbo"/>

==Mail and newspaper distribution==
In September 2008, the [[Clarion Fund]] and [[Endowment for Middle East Truth]]<ref name="Gharib">
{{cite news
| url http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43983 <!-- original link to web site -->
| url = http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=43983 <!-- printable version -->
| title = Neo-cons, Ex-Israeli Diplomats Push Islamophobic Video
| agency = [[Inter Press Service]]
| last = Gharib
| first = Ali
| coauthors = Clifton, Eli
| date = 2008-09-24
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref> distributed 28 million DVDs of the film by mail,<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.pennlive.com/patriotnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news/122110351948500.xml&coll=1| title = Some see politics in terrorism DVDs| accessdate = 2008-09-14| last = Cassidy| first = Carrie| date = 2008-09-11| work = PennLive.com| publisher = ''[[The Patriot-News]]''}}</ref> and in newspaper advertising supplements, predominantly in [[swing state]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/shoptalk_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003849752 | title = Delivering Propaganda, As If It is Toothpaste | accessdate = 2008-09-14 | author = William E. Jackson, Jr. | date = 2008-09-13 | work = [[Editor & Publisher]]}}</ref> Newspapers carrying the DVD included ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[The Charlotte Observer]]'', ''[[The Miami Herald]]'', the Raleigh ''[[The News & Observer|News & Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003849746|title=Newspapers Deliver Millions of 'Terror' DVDs to Subscribers -- In 'Swing States'|work=[[Editor & Publisher]]|date=2008-09-13|accessdate=2008-09-14|author= Greg Mitchell|coauthors=Joe Strupp}}</ref>
''[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]'',<ref name="lrb"/>
and ''[[The Oregonian]]''.<ref name="OregonianDistributes">
{{cite web
| url = http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003855892
| title = 'Oregonian' Distributes 'Muslim Terror' DVD -- After Mayor Asks It to Refrain
| date = 2008-09-28
| work = [[Editor & Publisher]]
| publisher = [[Nielsen Business Media]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-03
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1222494903175240.xml&coll=7
| url http://www.webcitation.org/5bPTpzR8o <!-- preserved full text but with dang print command -->
| title = Critics call DVD insert unfair hit on Islam
| last = Graves
| first = Bill
| date = 2008-09-28
| work = [[The Oregonian]]
| publisher = [[Oregon Live]]
| quote = I could find no reason to reject this.
| accessdate = 2008-10-06
}}</ref>

Newspapers that refused to carry the DVD included the [[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]],<ref>
{{cite web | url = http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/civil-religion/politics/2008/09/post-dispatch-refuses-to-distribute-dvd-offensive-to-american-muslims/ | title = Post-Dispatch refuses to distribute DVD offensive to American Muslims | accessdate= 2008-09-22 | last=Townsend | first = Tim | work = www.stltoday.com | publisher = ''[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]''}}</ref>
the [[Detroit Free Press]], the [[Greensboro News & Record]], and the [[Cleveland Plain Dealer]].<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.obsessionwithhate.com/thepapers.php
| title = The Papers
| work = Obsession with Hate
| year = 2008
| publisher = Hate Hurts America
| accessdate = 2008-10-08
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h1Rd6z2Qk3Fe45zgkt9gKSEiE46gD93JDKKO0
| title = Newspapers get complaints for DVD ad on Muslims
| last = Jesdanun
| first = Anick
| agency = [[Associated Press]]
| date = 2008-10-04
| quote = The Detroit Free Press, The Plain Dealer of Cleveland and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch also declined to carry the ad.
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>

According to a ''News & Observer'' blog post, whether the advertisement should be accepted was discussed, but publisher Orage Quarles made the "ultimate decision". The newspaper's vice president of display advertising noted, "Obviously, we have distributed other product samples, whether it's cereal or toothpaste."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/n_o_subscribers_to_receive_islam_dvd| title = N&O subscribers to receive Islam DVD | accessdate = 2008-09-14 | date = 2008-09-11 | work = Under the Dome | publisher = ''[[The News & Observer]]''}}</ref>

Many of the newspapers carrying the DVD also published articles about the film, including
the [[Allentown, Pennsylvania|Allentown, Pa.]] ''[[The Morning Call|Morning Call]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-a1_5clarion.6587003sep13,0,1060082.story| title = Is DVD a wake-up call or propaganda?| accessdate = 2008-09-14| last = Drobnyk| first = Josh| date = 2008-09-13| work = The Morning Call}}</ref> the ''[[The Charlotte Observer|Charlotte Observer]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.charlotteobserver.com/175/story/190032.html| title = Muslims rap DVD ad in Observer| last = Funk| first = Tim| authorlink = | coauthors = Peter St. Onge| date = 2008-09-13| work = [[The Charlotte Observer]]}}</ref> the [[Fort Myers, Florida]] ''[[The News-Press|News-Press]]'',<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080914/NEWS01/80913033/1075| title = DVD inside The News-Press controversial| accessdate = 2008-09-14| last = Myers| first = Rachel| date = 2008-09-14| work = news-press.com| publisher = The News-Press| location = Fort Myers, Florida}}</ref> and the [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh, N.C.]] ''[[The News & Observer|News & Observer]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1217021.html | title = Controversial film on Islam delivered nationwide | accessdate = 2008-09-14 | last = Shimron | first = Yonat | date = 2008-09-13 | work = The News & Observer}}</ref>

The Associated Press reports that [[CAIR]] has asked for the [[Federal Election Commission]] to investigate the Clarion Fund's DVD distribution claiming that it was an attempt to influence the 2008 US President Election. As evidence of inappropriate political bias on the part of The Clarion Fund, AP cited [[Patriot News]] of Harrisburg, Pa. reporting "that a Clarion Fund Web site ran a pro-McCain article before it attracted notice and was taken down." Ari Morgenstern, a spokesman for Middle East Truth, said targeting swing states was designed to attract media attention, but is not meant to influence the election result. Gregory Ross, spokesman for the New York-based Clarion Fund stated "''We are not telling people who to vote for, we're just saying no matter who gets in office, the American people should know radical Islam is a real threat to America. We don't feel radical Islam is getting its fair share of press.''"<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iEsmhiNuC1Aio2bPql9Iw1z6I3ywD93COGEG1
| title = Muslim group seeks probe of 'radical Islam' DVD
| last = Gorski
| first = Eric
| date = 2008-09-23
| agency = [[Associated Press]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>

==Controversy==
The film has been criticized for portraying Islam as a threatening religion bent on the destruction of Western civilization, interspersing incendiary commentary with images of Nazis and suicide bombing indoctrination.<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://cbs4.com/local/obsession.muslim.religion.2.818889.html
| title = "Obsession" DVD Raises Concerns Over Propaganda
| date = 2008-09-16
| work = [[WFOR-TV]]
| location = [[Miami, Florida]]
| publisher = [[CBS Television Stations]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-07
}}</ref>

In a public statement, Mohammad Khaleel, the only interviewee for the film who is an Islamic Studies Professor, criticizes the film and accuses the film makers of misusing his interview. Khaleel's interview concerned the meaning of "jihad" as a struggle and its misuse by extremists, however the commentator quickly begins a discussion about the word "struggle" equating to [[Mein Kampf]] (My Struggle) and gives perceived similarities between Nazi Germany and "Islamo-fascists."

Khaleel said:
:"Sadly, it would seem that I have allowed myself to be used. I am aware that there is a disclaimer at the beginning of the film that says it is not about Islam in general, but only about extremist interpretations.

:"But the material from some of the speakers gives the lie to the disclaimer: many of them are not experts, or have used the mantle of academic qualifications to purvey hate. That their alarmist drivel should be mixed with my whittled down interview proves that the intent of the film is not to educate, but to mislead. The free distribution of the film to voters in particular districts shows the political chicanery that is the motive, and the secrecy about the financing of the distribution only underlines the evil intent in circulating this vile piece of propaganda."<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.obsessionwithhate.com/thepundits.php#khaleel
| title = The Pundits - Khaleel Mohammed
| last=Khaleel
| first=Mohammad
| year = 2008
| work = Obsession with Hate
| publisher = Hate Hurts America
| accessdate = 2008-10-08
}}</ref>

[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] reported that:
:"Producers of the documentary insist that it only targets a radical minority among Muslims; however, a number of the interviewees in the documentary are on the record as describing Islam as inherently prone to hegemony."<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110533.html
| title = Islamic council wants probe of 'Obsession'
| date = 2008-09-25
| agency = [[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]]
| accessdate = 2008-10-08
}}</ref>

Hate Hurts America,<ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.hatehurtsamerica.org
| title = Hate Hurts America
| year = 2008
| accessdate = 2008-10-08
}}</ref>
a nonpartisan coalition that ran a boycott campaign against Michael Savage, launched a campaign against the film titled "Obsession with Hate," calling it a "classic work of hate propaganda, thinly disguised as a critique of radicalism, that attempts to subliminally demonize Muslims and their faith wholesale."<ref name="Overby"/><ref>
{{cite web
| url=http://www.obsessionwithhate.com/about.php
| title = About
| work = Obsession With Hate
| publisher = Hate Hurts America
| year = 2008
| accessdate= 2008-10-08
}}</ref>

The office of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] mayor [[Tom Potter]] said he wrote to the publisher of ''[[The Oregonian]]'' asking it not to distribute the DVD.
:"The Mayor reviewed the video and personally asked Fred Stickel, Oregonian publisher, not to distribute it in next Sunday's issue. The Mayor felt that the tenor of the video contributes towards a climate of distrust towards Muslims that holds the entire Muslim community accountable for the actions of a dangerously misguided few. Distributing with the Oregonian lends the video an impression of objectivity and legitimacy it does not deserve."<ref name="OregonianDistributes"/>

==See also==
*[[Islamaphobia]]
* [[Jihad]]
* [[Islamic terrorism]]

===Similar documentaries===
* ''[[Islam: What the West Needs to Know]]''
* ''[[Radical Islam: Terror in Its Own Words]]''
* ''[[The Power of Nightmares]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/ Official web site]
*[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,227393,00.html Q&A with Director Wayne Kopping and Producer Raphael Shore]
*[http://www.obsessionwatch.org/ Obsession Watch] - critical analysis web site
*[http://www.obsessionwithhate.com Obsession With Hate] - Research on the film's funders and pundits
*[http://watchobsession.org/ Watch Obsession] - website promoting the movie


[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Documentaries critical of Islam]]
[[Category:Independent films]]
[[Category:Islam and antisemitism]]
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Valle de la Mocha ("the Valley of Mocha") is a plain in Chile on the north shore of the Bio-Bio River that contained the reducción of Mapuche who were transported in 1685, from Mocha Island by Governor José de Garro; from which the valley and plain took its name. Governor Domingo Ortiz de Rosas transferred the old city of Concepcion to this site from Penco after the May 25, 1751 Concepción earthquake.

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