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Alice Visits a Mosque to Learn About Judgment Day
A play about what to expect
Paperback, 79 pages
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dialogue is made up, but the verses are real as are the authenticated
sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.
The character of Alice only bears a remote resemblance to the heroine of Lewis Carroll's tale of a young girl "who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures."
The phantasmagorical universe that the imam describes to Alice is not a fantasy, it is a tangible world brought to life through Allah's Revelations about that most ominous of days that will be Judgement Day.
Alice visits a Mosque to learn about Judgment Day is a short, thought-provoking, often brutal play/script (it could not be otherwise) about a central theme of Islamic theology on which the Koran expounds at length.
Alice is not meant to offend but to enlighten. It is both a play and an invitation to learn more about Islam's core religious text. We hope you will read it (or see it if it makes it to the stage or the screen) in the spirit it was written.
Let Alice pique your curiosity about a book which will continue to have an increasingly profound impact on your way of life, if not your right to life itself.
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Alice Enters the Mosque and Meets the Imam
Sex Sins and Accusatory Appendages
REMEMBERING UZZA
If Islam Was Explained to Me in a Pub
Paperback, 462 pages
Remembering Uzza is a six hour animated
conversation among patrons in a bar and a troubled but engaging young woman to provide an insider's perspective on Islam.
Uzza is meant to make learning about Islam a mostly pleasant experience while not sugar-coating or leaving out the nasty bits. And, is there a better place to get acquainted with a religion that has everyone talking than in the relaxed atmosphere of a neighbourhood pub.
Uzza is a story for our time that has the potential to change the course of things to come. Except for Uzza, and a short appearance by a couple from a neighbouring municipality, all other characters, including Archie the bartender, are modeled on real patrons of Maxwell's (Maxies in Uzza) a once popular Ottawa nightspot.
The format chosen breaks with the so-called standard American conventions for plays. Names of characters are not CAPITALIZED, only the first letter so as not to distract the reader with excessive CAPITALIZATION.
Remembering Uzza would make a gripping and entertaining mini-series.
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A Bad Case of Dogmatic Distress
Rape Without Compassion Becomes the Norm
Wife Management Difficulties Resolved
If It Was Only About Going Around in Circles
The Ka’ba: The Nabataeans, Abraham or Adam?
The Hajj: So Many Pilgrims, Not Enough Time
A Man in a Hurry Takes Wife #11
Sex Toys and Why Hell is for Mothers
An Attempted Assassination and the Blood-curdling Cry
Ten Murders in One Night and When Charity was Extortion
A Woman Who Slept Around Confronts Mecca’s Conqueror
The Cleansing of Mecca and Avoiding a Similar Fate
Hunayn, the Ultimate Victory for God and Booty
What Do Hypocrites Have to Do with It?
Crusades v. Jihad, Community v. Family
The Sykes–Picot Betrayal Haunts Us Still
The Christian Mosque of Medina
Mary, What a Strange Thing You Have Done!
100 Years of Conflicts and Conquests and No Muhammad
"We... particularly appreciate the level of thought that went into crafting each character and their relationship with one another.
"A factor that we also take into consideration is that CBC does not produce content in-house, we license content from production companies. Because of this, we typically require projects to have a production company attached to them before we can move forward with development or production consideration."
CBC Scripted Content Team
Bernard Payeur