NapolIslam

Claudia’s new name is Zeynab. Danilo’s is Alì. Salvatore and Francesco are both called Muhammad now. At Dino’s hair salon, there's a copy of the Koran on the coffee table next to the local paper. In the predominantly Catholic city of Naples, some are converting to Islam, and not everyone is happy about it. There are protests from husbands, wives and other family members. The concerned mother of Alessandra (now Amina) has plenty of questions. “Are you sure you've made the right choice? Is it your own choice? Are you still allowed to eat Nutella?” She also tries wearing a headscarf. “It feels like my ears are blocked.” And the converts have questions of their own. How many different sorts of meat are you allowed to put in a kebab? How do you make a halal version of casatiello, the traditional Neapolitan Easter bread?  In part, NapolIslam is also an investigation into European interest in Allah’s message. Dino thinks it's because women in the Western world of today are losing their values, but is there a deeper sense of disappointment at work here? In this Mafia-riddled region plagued with huge unemployment, people feel they can draw little hope from the Catholic Church. (International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam)