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June 9, 2006
U.K.: Imams Give Two Thumbs Up for Mohammed Film Without Mohammed
Nearly 300 imams and Muslim leaders gathered in Birmingham on June 7 to screen the animated film, The Last Prophet. The film, which opens to the general audience on June 16, is about the life of the `Prophet' Mohammed. According to even Muslim texts, Mohammed was a brutal 7th century Arabian warlord who took pleasure in raping women, especially girls under the age of 10.
The imams' verdict for this bizarre film: Two Thumbs Up, reported the web site, IC Birmingham.
Why a bizarre film? First, any attempt to glorify the life of a murderer, thief, and pedophile is truly disturbing, especially in a country such as the U.K. where such things are outlawed. Of course, the film doesn't dwell on these unsavory parts of the warlord's life.
Second, Mohammed is never seen on screen because Islam forbids images of its revered leaders. Instead, the animated film is seen through his eyes, as a narrator cites the Koran, a complilation of Mohammed's hallucinations.
Nevertheless, U.K. supporters of the warlord Mohammed were pleased with the final product, which they hope to take to the ``mainstream audience'' in order to legitimize the warlord's life and teachings.
"This was clear, informative, educational, entertaining and inspirational. It shows Islam can be modern and relevant,'' said Hassan Shah, reported the web site, IC Birmingham. "It will also show to Christians how similar the two religions are and how Muslims embrace Christianity.''
Similar? Jesus didn't conquer and pillage any cities. He had no warriors. And the ``Da Vinci Code'' aside, he didn't marry, let alone molest little children.
Well, at least this current Muslim reaction is much better than the one in March 1977 when ``The Message,'' also a film about Mohammed, premiered in the U.S. On March 9 that year, a group of black Muslims protested the premier of this film by attacking 3 buildings in Washington D.C. and taking 149 people hostage. About 40 hours later, a journalist had been murdered, and dozens of hostages had been stabbed, beaten, or shot.
"It is an important step forward for the Muslim community,'' said Sheik Faiz Siddiqi, from Coventry, reported IC Birmingham. ``Islam and light entertainment have not been perceived as being synonymous, but that is no longer true.''
Islam is certainly not synonymous with ``light entertainment.'' With all the centuries of conquest, genocide, destruction, rape and pillaging, any film about Islam will certainly fall into the worse ``horror'' category.
Posted by at June 9, 2006 10:31 AM
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