HOMEGROWN MUSLIMS

Iranian-born filmmaker Saide Kardar takes us into Toronto's Muslim community in Home Grown Muslims and provides viewers with a provocative and candid look at the conflict of identity among young Muslims living in Canada. The recent description in the media of “Home grown terrorists” within the Muslim community has sparked resentment, especially among Muslim youths. In Home Grown Muslims, Kadar takes the position that young people are the most vunerable members of this community and live within two worlds: on one side, the protective world of parents that came to Canada with their own cultural baggage, and on the other side, the western world of freedom mixed with hidden racism and discrimination. Consequently, according to Kadar, Canadian Muslim youths develop a wide range of confused perceptions that make them vulnerable to extreme tendencies.

By highlighting a few characters’ personal stories, including young Imam Ibrahim who has been accused of being terrorist and a young frustrated journalist, Sumaira, Home Grown Muslims depicts broad collection of points of view held by young Canadian Muslims.

Home Grown Muslims is a CBC Newsworld production.