A Global Date With Destiny

9-11 p.m., PBS

A Closer Look

PBS details the episodes, which begin Sunday:

Jihad: The Men and Ideas Behind al Qaeda (Sunday, 9 p.m.): Exploring the ideas and beliefs that inspire modern radical Islamic groups.

Warriors (Monday, 9 p.m.): Profiles Army soldiers filmed in 2005 in some of the most dangerous areas in and around Baghdad.

Writing the Wartime Experience (Monday, 10 p.m.): Troops' firsthand accounts through their own words -- fiction, letters, essays, journals.

Gangs of Iraq (Tuesday, 9 p.m.): Examines whether coalition forces can build a national Iraqi army and police in the midst of a civil war.

The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom (Tuesday, 10 p.m.): Former assistant defense secretary Richard Perle defends the case for an assertive U.S. foreign policy.

Europe's 9/11 (Wednesday, 9 p.m.): The bombings in Madrid; al-Qaeda cell activities in Milan.

The Muslim Americans (Wednesday, 10 p.m.): The diversity of Muslims in America and the Muslim American experience today.

Faith Without Fear (Thursday, 9 p.m.): The journey of Muslim dissident Irshad Manji to help restore humanity and reason to Islam.

Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia (Thursday, 10 p.m.): An inside look at how a fledgling democracy is struggling to control the rise of religious extremism.

Security Versus Liberty: The Other War (Friday, 9 p.m.): Following Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. government adopted some controversial policies to help prevent terrorism at home.

The Brotherhood (Friday, 10 p.m.): The Muslim Brotherhood is dedicated to the spread of a fundamental form of Islam throughout the world -- but is it also supporting terrorists?