This is the trailer above. Part I, to get you started, below…
I remember seeing just some minutes of this film on television decades ago. It seems that it is a true story. It seems there are some generalizations made about Iran, perhaps not separating the government and the people well enough. It seems the husband was rather upset with the film. Whatever. I hesitate to put this up, as I don’t have the bandwidth to watch videos of any length in the hermitage.
The point of the film seems to be an introduction to dhimmitude for naive Americans. Then, having been introduced to this, there is a suggestion as to what to do about living in dhimmitude, which is to no longer live in dhimmitude.
There are many, of course, who do not wish to live in dhimmitude, but must do so. This will be part of what this series on dhimmitude will be all about.
Accompany me, Father George David Byers, S.S.L., S.T.D., as I begin life as a Catholic Priest-Hermit by choice. Holy Souls Hermitage is dedicated to the sanctification of my fellow priests, bishops, deacons & seminarians going through the purgatory of this life or the next. Prayer and sacrifice go up, of course, for both Benedict XVI and the next Successor of Saint Peter. 
I do remember hearing of this film, but looking at it again, it appears to be a rather one sided look at Iranian people (men, in particular). I cannot say for certain, but I would imagine some signs must have presented themselves long before Ms. Mahmoody and her husband traveled to Iran–signs that he was prone to “violent and unstable” moods like this, and thus it’s hard for me to completely accept that the story is so one-sided.
Interesting to learn of the concept of dhimmitude. I had never heard of it before.
Hello Maryam,
I figured that would be the case. Anyway, stay tuned. I hope to have much more in this series.
Just as an aside, you might want to take a look at http://www.jihadwatch.org/
There’s quite a bit of irony there, but look beyond that.
In this series, much differently, I’m going to try to delve into the spirituality of being a dhimmi.
I don’t think anyone has ever done that before. I’m looking forward to it.
Not to make light of this situation – but it seems that this type of culture crisis is one of the reasons generations upon generations have said, ‘marry your own kind.’ and ‘find a spoiuse wo shares your religion.’ Marriage is tough enough just dealing with our own personal idiosyncrasies. Dealng with a clash of culures is just asking for problems and certainly a tough challenge to mutual love.
This is, in fact, a case of “disparity of cult”. Being married to an unbeliever is extremely difficult. This is why it needs the express permission of the bishop. In most places, because of horrific problems that occur later, the policy is simply to make no exceptions.