Islam: The Untold Story
الإسلام: القصة الخفية
Tom Holland's Channel 4 documentary questioning the first-century evidence for Islam from a revisionist historical perspective; it drew widespread objections from Muslim viewers.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
ProphetsConquest and its debates
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary · Muslim history or life carries the story
- Countries
- GB
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- critical
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Islam: The Untold Storyالإسلام: القصة الخفية
Reception
- Protest — Muslim viewers; Channel 4 received complaints and Holland received threatsHistorical
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
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Connections
- Features
- Tom Holland
- Directed by
- Tom Holland
- Written by
- Tom Holland
- Broadcast by
- Channel 4
People and things also explored
Islam: Empire of Faith· al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· Conquest by force (anwa)· Conquest by treaty (sulh)· Fay' (property restored without battle)· Iqta' (land grant)· Jizya (capitation on treaty peoples)· Kharaj (land tax)
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Islam: The Untold Story”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/al-islam-al-qissa-al-khafiyya-2012/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.