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As Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus, theologian Robert Beckford investigates remarkable parallels to the Christ story in other faiths to reinforce a more universal message. (92 min, 10 segments)

A documentary of the First, Second & Third Crusades, the religious wars that pitted Christians and Muslims for control of the Holy Land and left a huge imprint that still defines the social political landscape today. (54 min, 6 segments)

The Root of All Evil? is a television documentary, written and presented by Richard Dawkins, in which he argues that the world would be better off without religion. (48 min)

The documentary series about the history of India charts the coming of Islam to the subcontinent and one of the greatest ages of world civilisation: the Mughals. (54 min, 6 segments)

An intimate documentary of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca that sheds light on the universal principles of Islam during the days of the Hajj. (42 min, 5 segments)

This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that “atmosphere of Paradise,” hidden away in mosques and palaces (90 min in 10 segments). Istanbul is on Segment 7.

This documentary explores the Islamic past in Europe during the Middle Ages and the influence it has on the present. This plumbs the depths of the Alhambra in Granada, and the great ancient cities of Cordoba and Toledo. (104 min)