Class film The Women of Hezbollah

This film was very eye opening for me. It seemed to show the complexities of Islamism by revealing a side of Islam that we have not entirely been exposed to in this class. I was astounded by the support of "martyrs" and the way that they were exemplified as heroic in Hezbollah. I believe that the most shocking thing to me were the interviews of the mother's who's son's were martyrs and their support of their son's actions. I was also very amazed by the facist tendencies of the Islamic Party of God, mainly focusing on their patriatism as well as a sacrifice of the individual for the betterment of the group (martyrs or even  children marching with machine guns a "sacrifice of childhood").