ENI — A look at religious zealots in Christianity, Judaism and Islam is receiving worldwide media coverage, but lukewarm reviews from U.S. television critics.
Global broadcaster CNN has aired three two-hour programs titled God's Warriors, which examines fundamentalists in the world's three largest religions.
The series interviewed evangelical Christian Rev. Jerry Falwell a week before his death, looks at American Christians who are raising large sums of money to support the activities of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, explores the roots of conflict between Shiites and Sunnis, and tries to explain why devout Muslims are willing to die for a cause.
Reuters' staed: “What [the series] doesn't do—and what needs to be done—is to point out the contrasts among these groups. Do they all have the same strength within their religions? Do they receive support, tacit or otherwise, from governments? Do they plan to achieve their aims peacefully?”
