Film: Terrorist in Town

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The Confession + Q&A 15
Time: 6:00 PM
From supporting the Bosnian Mujahideen to being imprisoned in Bagram and Guantanamo, from the rebel training camps in Syria to the prison cells of Belmarsh in Britain, Moazzam Begg has experienced a generation of conflict. This is his first-hand account, a chronicle of the rise of modern jihad, its descent into terror and the disastrous reaction of the West.
Moazzam Begg’s ISIS familyThis documentary looks at some of the most significant events of our times through Moazzam Begg’s eyes. His life has been an epic journey, thought-provoking, terrifying and profoundly revealing. His story gives a unique insight into three key strands of British experience: the origins of global jihad and its moral decline into terrorism; the decision of British governments to sacrifice some of their core values to fight it; and the disintegration of multiculturalism in the face of a supposedly generational conflict between the West and Islam. Intercut with archive that illustrates, balances and, at times, challenges Begg’s narrative, The Confession is a riveting journey into one man’s experience and how it reflects on a generation of conflict.

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In the 1990s, Moazzam Begg, the son of a retired bank manager in Birmingham, emerged from a youth spent fighting neo-nazis on the streets of Sparkhill into the heart of the Islamic Awakening. Visiting Bosnia during the bloody war in which Serb forces massacred Bosnian Muslims, Begg became fascinated with the ideas of jihad expressed by the Bosnian Mujahideen, the international fighters who had journeyed to former Yugoslavia to protect their fellow Muslims. As a supporter of jihad, he became a witness to some of the conflicts that defined the decade for many Muslims, he emerged onto the radar of British intelligence agencies who, in the aftermath of the Cold War, were beginning to focus on the rising threat of a radical Islam.

In 2001, Moazzam Begg decided to move to Taliban-run Afghanistan, a controversial decision that has haunted him ever since. After 9/11 and the ensuing war in Afghanistan, he was separated from his family and fled across the border into Pakistan only to find himself abducted and transferred into US military custody, falsely accused of being an Al Qaeda terrorist.
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He was held and tortured in detention sites in Kandahar, and then Bagram. When he was finally moved to Guantanamo Bay, he came into contact with genuine Al Qaeda operatives and had the opportunity to discuss with them their strategies (and their crimes) first hand. Begg was living through the sharp end of the War on Terror.

After being released from Guantanamo Bay in January 2005, Begg was arrested again in 2014 after he travelled to Syria and charged with terror offences. He spent 7 months in Belmarsh, only for the case against him to fall apart, with the police* confirming that he is an innocent man.
Award-winning filmmaker Ashish Ghadiali met Moazzam Begg and completed two full days of in-depth interview, capturing the entirety of Begg’s story, his experiences, his contradictions and his testimony for the first time. The Confession explores the profound conundrum our society is currently grappling with; whether there is space for people like Begg, who believe in jihad but condemn terrorism, and question the actions of the West in the name of the War on Terror.

 

* Will we ever find out what really happened in the case of Moazzam

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