Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, is a 2009 documentary exploring the expertly gathered opinions of Muslims around the globe as revealed in the world’s first major opinion poll, conducted by Gallup, the preeminent polling organization. Researchers began by asking the questions on every American’s mind. Why is there so much anti-Americanism in the Muslim world? Who are the extremists and how do Muslims feel about them? What do Muslims like and dislike about the West? What do Muslim women really want? Crucial policy decisions hang on these questions. They continue to generate passionate disagreements in the public square. Yet for all the heat and controversy, the actual views of the world’s Muslims have been conspicuously missing from this debate. Now, we have the missing answers and statistics, gathered, parsed, and analyzed not by pundits but by professional researchers. Features Dalia Mogahed (Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies), John Esposito (University Professor, Georgetown University), RamiKhoury (Editor of the Daily Star (Beirut)), and Kenneth Pollack (Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute) and former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Directed by Robert Gardner. Unity Productions Foundation. Run Time: 55 minutes

Focused on the issues of Gender Justice, Terrorism, and Democracy – Inside Islam presents this remarkable data deftly, showing how it challenges the popular notion that Muslims and the West are on a collision course. Like the research, the film highlights a shared relationship that is based on facts – not fear. As part of this groundbreaking six-year project, Gallup conducted tens of thousands of interviews with residents in 35 predominantly Muslim nations, as well as smaller populations in Europe and the USA. The broad extent of the polling has delivered findings for the world’s 1.4 billion Muslims with a plus or minus accuracy of 3%. 

Special DVD Feature:  Dr. Madeleine Albright’s Keynote Speech from the World Premiere of the film at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. "When fear takes over, communication stops and suspicion builds. That is why Inside Islam is such an important film, and why the extensive surveys conducted by the Gallup organization are so worthwhile."--Dr. Madeline Albright, 64th Secretary of State of the United States of America.