Footage from the debate on JIHAD: A Story of the Others

August 26 2015

On Tuesday 25 August the Fritt Ord Foundation and Fuuse hosted a screening of the documentary film JIHAD: A Story of the Others, by Emmy Award winning director Deeyah Khan.

Following the film, there was a moderated conversation about the film’s key themes: extremism and deradicalization, as well as a short questions and answers session.

Footage from the conversation is published here and on the Fritt Ord Youtube-channel. The documentary film will be shown on NRK on Tuesday 29 September.

The panel consisted of:

  • Alyas Karmani, a former follower of Abu Muntasir, one of the founding fathers of the jihadi movement in the UK. Karmani is now an imam and active campaigner against extremism.
  • Professor Tore Bjørgo at Politihøgskolen and NUPI
  • Film Director and Producer Deeyah
  • Kjetil Stormark, Editor-in-Chief of Hatespeech International (moderator)

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