Islam: Empire of Faith
الإسلام: إمبراطورية الإيمان
A three-part PBS/Gardner Films documentary surveying Islamic history from the Prophet ﷺ's mission to the Ottoman empire — one of the most-broadcast documentaries on Islamic civilisation in the West.
At a glance
- Identifiers
- Wikidataimdb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
ProphetsConquest and its debates
Screening Room
- Format
- Documentary series · About Islam
- Countries
- US
- Languages
- en (original)
- Approach
- documentary
- Depiction of sacred figures
- The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable
- Titles in other languages
- Islam: Empire of Faithالإسلام: إمبراطورية الإيمان
Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.
Check it against the record:Muhammad · Ottoman Empire
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Connections
- About
- Muhammad· Ottoman Empire
- Set in
- The Prophetic Era
- Features
- Ben Kingsley
- Directed by
- Robert H. Gardner
People and things also explored
The three years of the secret call· The death of the Prophet· The pause of revelation (Fatra)· The first revelation· The Incident of the Poisoned Sheep at Khaybar· The Isra and Mi'raj· The soothsayer episode in Banu Sa'd· the splitting of the moon
Sources
- Wikidata
- IMDb
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Islam: Empire of Faith”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/islam-imbaraturiyat-al-iman-2000/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.