"Timbuktu," an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremism

"Timbuktu," an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremism

FILE -- In this file photo taken Monday Jan. 28, 2013, Malian soldiers are stationed at the entrance of of Gao, Northern Mali. French and Malian troops held a strategic bridge and the airport in the northern town of Gao on Sunday as their force also pressed toward Timbuktu, another stronghold of Islamic extremists in northern Mali, officials said. The sign , a reminder of Islamic extremists, reads " Al Hesbah, together for the pleasure of God almighty and the struggle against sins." The movie “Timbuktu” , an Oscar nominee, explores Islamic extremism and can also serve as an exploration of the harsh ideology of Boko Haram militants in Nigeria, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and the slain gunmen who attacked the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a kosher supermarket in Paris. A slain assailant suspected in Copenhagen attacks that killed two people this weekend may have been inspired by Islamic militants, Danish authorities said.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay) JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An Islamic extremist can't summon the necessary fervor while making a video hailing the jihadi cause in a scene from "Timbuktu," an Oscar nominee for best foreign language film that is based on the militant takeover of the ancient city in Mali in 2012.



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