The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America

The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America is a documentary film made by Wayne Kopping. It chronicles radical Islam in present day America. The film contains excerpts of speeches given by various Islamic organizations and terrorist groups, includes interviews with government officials, interspersed with footage of terrorist attacks, human rights violations, and growing support of internal jihadist movements. The overriding theme of the film is the issue of homegrown jihad and its threat to national security. The film was released in May 2009 and has become, a more focused and updated version of Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West . Obsession, a 2005 documentary compares the threat of radical Islamism with that of Nazism before World War II, and draws parallels between radical Islamists and the Nazi Party during the War. The film elicits propaganda film techniques used by Leni Riefenstahl in Triumph of the Will as well as Frank Capra 's Know Your Enemy: Japan .

2008 American film The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America is a 2008 documentary film directed by Wayne Kopping of South Africa and Erik Werth , and produced by Erik Werth and Raphael Shore , a Canadian - Israeli , with financing from the Clarion Fund . Film dwells on idea of alleged threat of radical Islam in the United States , and centers around a Muslim Brotherhood document , accepted as evidence in the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development terror financing trial. The filmmakers contend, based on that document, that radical Islamists are engaging in a "multifaceted strategy to overcome the western world," waging a "cultural jihad" to "infiltrate and undermine our society from within". The film, narrated by Dr. Zuhdi Jasser , a controversial Muslim American.