Aching Heart

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Aching Heart (Det svider i hjärtat)

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Directed by Oscar Hedin
Written by Oscar Hedin
Distributed by Laika Films & Television
Release date(s) 19 October 2007
Running time 75 minutes
Country Flag of Sweden Sweden
Language Swedish
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Det svider i hjärtat (Aching Heart) is a Swedish documentary that provides a glimpse into the world of young European Muslims who dedicate themselves to jihad, or holy war. [1] It was nominated by the Swedish Film Institute for the 2007 Guldbagge Awards in the category of 'Best Documentary'. [2]

The film includes the story of "two young Swedes with immigrant backgrounds - one from Ostermalm, one of Stockholm's poshest neighborhoods, and one from Kvanum, a tiny town in central Sweden - who left their homes in the 1990s to seek martyrdom in the wars of Chechnya and Bosnia and Herzegovina."[1]

Oscar Hedin, the director and writer of the film received support from academics who have studied the phenomenon of Islamic radicalisation. [1]

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  1. ^ a b c Swedish documentary follows "regular" Europeans who turn to jihad - International Herald Tribune
  2. ^ 2007 nominations for Guldbagge – The Swedish national film award - Website for Swedish Film Institute

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