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Muslim group accuses Muslim filmmaker of blasphemy for film on Muhammad

Sep 11, 2015 4:46 am By Robert Spencer

Part of the problem is that this is a Shi’ite production, and so Sunnis are enraged. But what is ironic about this accusation of blasphemy charge is that the film is a sanitized, whitewashed version of Muhammad’s life, produced for the purpose of proselytizing. But even that isn’t good enough: now filmmaker Majid Majidi and composer AR Rahman must live in fear for their lives — and live with accusations that their marriages are invalid, as a Muslim cannot be married to a blasphemer: “The fatwa further added all the Muslims involved in the making of the film, especially Rahman and Majidi have committed blasphemy and are required to recite kalma and solemnise their marriage again.” “Recite kalma” refers to the six kalimas, prayers that include the Islamic profession of faith and other statements embodying the core tenets of Islam.

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“Fatwa issued against AR Rahman for film on Prophet Muhammad (pbuh),” Express Tribune, September 11, 2015:

A Mumbai-based Sunni Muslim group has accused Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman and Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi of blasphemy for their upcoming film Muhammad: Messenger of God.

The group of Raza Academy has issued a fatwa demanding Muslims to reject the first film of the trilogy on the life of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) as no visual or picture of him can be created or kept, reports Indian Express.

The fatwa further added all the Muslims involved in the making of the film, especially Rahman and Majidi have committed blasphemy and are required to recite kalma and solemnise their marriage again.

The group has written to the Home Minister and Maharashtra Chief Minister to seek a ban on Majidi’s film as it is a mockery of Islam and has casted non-Muslim actors in key roles….

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Filed Under: blasphemy, dawah, Featured, Sunni-Shi'ite Jihad Tagged With: AR Rahman, Majid Majidi, Muhammad: Messenger of God


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  1. AnneM says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 6:39 am

    Not surprised. They worship the false prophet even more. Did that movie show the false prophet’s face?

  2. Gary says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 6:43 am

    Produced for the purpose of proselytizing……

    Wait. I thought we didn’t have a choice? Wasn’t it: “Convert or die infidel.”

    Are we to believe this is a kinder gentler version of Islam, the ‘Religion of Peace’?

  3. Jay Boo says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 7:38 am

    The filmmakers are stealing from Christianity on portraying Muhammad that way in the photo.

    The 1400 year (P.R.) Remake Sequel
    The swashbuckling jihadi pirate (72 virgin sex-slave religion) pimp daddy Muhammad is becoming a bit of a liability in spite of 1400 years of slash and burn incursions.

    • Raja says

      Sep 11, 2015 at 8:08 am

      I like the term pimp daddy !!!!! LOL

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 11, 2015 at 11:05 pm

      Yup, Jay Boo–a blatant rip-off.

  4. Barbie Mackay says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 9:01 am

    The devil “allah” has No “Real” Power so he has a bunch of rules..
    Jesus Christ Is Lord..and the devil is DEFEATED.
    GO SUPPORT THIS MOVIE BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE FREE WILL TO DO SO.

    • Ralph says

      Sep 11, 2015 at 9:31 am

      You Do Know That The Book Of Revelations Is About Jesus; And He Wins !

    • ekbano says

      Sep 12, 2015 at 7:58 am

      DON’T GO SEE THE MOVIE ! Why support the Islamic propaganda and add to the coffers of jihad ? Let’s hope it adds fuel to the sunni/shite conflict.
      By the way; LOVED the “lightning strike” crane story. On 9/11.
      Fair comment.

  5. Ralph says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 9:28 am

    Muslims generally claim, “Islam is peaceful and does not permit killing humans” but this is a blatant lie, in contradiction to their Allah’s commands in the Quran. This is because there are two types of Muslims a) The vast majority of Muslims do not understand Arabic (are only taught how to recite the Quran in Arabic, like a parrot, minus the meanings and they are the type generally fooled and lied to, by their own Islamic clergy, and make up almost all of Islamic suicide killers) b) The second type of Muslims, who are a small elite minority, do understand (including almost all Islamic clergy), but choose to lie for Allah hoping to get extra merit points selfishly, in defense of Allah, at the expense of the first gullible type of Muslims. They themselves never commit suicide for Allah {Have you ever heard of a Ustaz, Imam, Ulama, Mufti or Kadi sacrifice their generally well-off and polygamous life and commit suicide? The answer is NO.} Then ask yourself WHY. It is because these Islamic clergy are already having the good life at the expense of the Majority Muslims, just like in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, etc. They are generally, the well off, higher echelon, among Muslim societies} It is the first type, {the vast majority}, who swallow everything said by these Islamic clergy, and this gullible type are enticed with the rewards promised by Allah. Islamic suicide killers are generally unmarried young sex-maniac desperados, for whom Allah has promised 72 Houris {voluptuous, young, well-bosomed, pretty virgin girls} and for homosexuals “boys as fresh as hidden pearls” in addition to many other rewards.

    • Lia Wissing says

      Sep 12, 2015 at 5:34 am

      I’ve read that some of the suicide bombers, male & female, are even mentally retarded children, simply used without knowing what’s happening to them, some as young as 10 years old. (But, of course, Iran killed thousands of their own children, many younger than 10 years old, to clear the minefields.)

  6. Buraq says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 11:55 am

    He’s not the last messenger of God, he’s a very, very, naughty boy!

    By the way, the beatific light shining on the infant Mo mimics many Christian religious paintings over the centuries of the birth of Christ. More Islamic plagiarism.

  7. parousia says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 12:22 pm

    Why am I not surprised?

  8. miriamrove says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    They spent 55 million dollars making this movie, courtesy of the Ayatollahs and other jihadists in the Iranian government. It took some 5 years and it is fully funded by the Iranian government. This is another case of Jihadists V. Jihadists. Shia f… with Sunni and the other way around. m

    • Angemon says

      Sep 11, 2015 at 5:48 pm

      I’d say that’s 55 million dollars who weren’t funneled to terrorist organizations, but then I remembered Obama’s got them covered with the nuke deal…

  9. Nathanael Hoernlé says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 2:28 pm

    Am I to understand that this film actually does show Mohammed himself? I should think that that alone would be reason enough to condemn it, from any Muslim point of view – Sunni, Shi’ite, Ahmadiyya, or Druze – and I am surprised that it was made at all.

    • خَليفة says

      Sep 12, 2015 at 4:11 pm

      The making of image of Mohammed is forbidden after he became a prophet, but drawing young Muhammed is ok. There are many historical images of profit Muhammed, and all make him look white.

      Some Hadith say you can’t make image of any living thing, because when you die Allah will ask you to make it come to life, if you can’t you got to hell. I think muhammed had no talent, thus no music, no games, no human or animal art. So what about digital cameras and movies?

      Muslims are so stupid, partly due to the dualistic foundation of Islamic thought ( two opposites can coexist harmoniously – e.g. Islam is jihad and Islam is peace ) this is a given in Islamic thought – and is part of the reason westerners usually don’t understand muslims. Westerners find it nearly impossible to imagine anyone could be so dualistic, because westerns “know” how utterly illogical that would be.

      Islam is full on contradictions which westerns readily see as obvious and obscure, Muslims don’t see contradictions due to dualism. Muhammed says majority of people in hell are women – also says men get 72 virgins – Let’s see 72 women to 1 man, majority is women, must be hell not Janna ( Muslim heaven )

  10. Westman says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 2:44 pm

    “We demand that the government file a case against Mr. Rahman for hurting the feelings of Muslims..” ….”The fatwa also asks Muslims to stage protests against the film within the ‘legal’ limits and publicly condemn it.” – The Hindu.

    We all know what that means for the Muslims of India. Violence against, and another excuse to claim victimhood at the hands of, Hindis.

    Such tenderness displayed by Muslims has no rival in the universe. The images of swords on mosques and flags is just a symbolic representation of falling tears. How could anyone not realize their obvious hurt after seeing the falling tears as, upon their knees, they call upon the world join them, pay up, or die?

    The “refugees” dumping food, crying out for the death of European children, and declaring Allah to be the greatest just tugs at the heartstrings.

    Open up Europe, the deserving best are arriving to claim what’s theirs is theirs and what’s yours is theirs while the High Priests of mealy-mouthed multiculturalism in Brussels gaze on with orgasmic satisfaction.

    Imagine the world as one big ghetto managed by the words and actual deeds of an ancient faceless man. It does bring tears…

    • Westman says

      Sep 11, 2015 at 9:29 pm

      AR Rahman is perhaps the most celebrated musician and composer in India. Any attempt on his life would bring immense violence onto the Muslims. Such a fatwa would be suicide.

      Took some time to listen to his work; he has mastered both Eastern and Western scales and styles. Compared to his work, the muezzin’s call to prayer sounds like hyena night calls.

      • Western Canadian says

        Sep 13, 2015 at 2:53 am

        I’ve heard both, and the hyena’s are much, much more advanced, intellectually, ethically, and morally to the hideous muslim call to prey…… (no, it is NOT a typo).

  11. Terry again says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 10:24 pm

    mohammed blasphemed Christ by claiming He was a prophet of Islam.n Christ said he was the Son of God, so Muslims believe Christ was a liar and yet a prophet of Islam. Islam is an incoherent joke.n

  12. gravenimage says

    Sep 11, 2015 at 11:08 pm

    Muslim group accuses Muslim filmmaker of blasphemy for film on Muhammad

    Part of the problem is that this is a Shi’ite production, and so Sunnis are enraged. But what is ironic about this accusation of blasphemy charge is that the film is a sanitized, whitewashed version of Muhammad’s life, produced for the purpose of proselytizing. But even that isn’t good enough…
    ……………………………….

    Shia vs Sunni–but even more, the “Slow Jihadist” of this kind of whitewash vs the “Fast Jihadist” who wants full violent Jihad victory, and wants it now…

    • Mazo says

      Sep 13, 2015 at 1:21 am

      AR Rahman is a Sunni.

      • gravenimage says

        Sep 13, 2015 at 7:20 pm

        Mazo wrote:

        AR Rahman is a Sunni.
        ………………………………

        Of course he is–but Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi isn’t.

        As usual, Mazo is desperate to cast doubt on *any* Anti-Jihadist here, hoping that some readers might then assume that Jihad itself is really just peachy-keen. Good grief, this smacks of desperation.

  13. Irish cailín says

    Sep 12, 2015 at 7:29 am

    This photo so resembles the Christian nativity scene. The Ayatollahs must be desperate to portray their “religion “as peaceful -which is the core message of Christianity-in order to suck people into their fascist cult and keep them there under pain of death. What a “religion” that has the death penalty for apostasy! This is the “religion” that Obama ( and Cameron) call ” a religion of peace”

  14. Anon says

    Sep 12, 2015 at 9:15 pm

    The 1977 Hanbali Siege in Washington, D.C. arose from a list muslim grievances, including a Mohammed biographical film starring Anthony Quinn – http://middleeast.about.com/od/religionsectarianism/f/me090310a.htm
    Newscast highlights of the siege, are viewable on YouTube.

    • gravenimage says

      Sep 13, 2015 at 7:21 pm

      Very true–and then, as now, the film was sickening Da’wa–but that still wasn’t enough to placate the most pious “fast Jihadists”.

  15. Canto28 says

    Sep 13, 2015 at 9:34 am

    What amazes me so much is that presumably intelligent persons can’t all see that Islam & Muhammad are OBVIOUS frauds. I want to see debates on just this assertion.

    • Jay Boo says

      Sep 13, 2015 at 9:40 am

      The news media wants to accuse any criticism of Islam & Muhammad as hate of Muslims.
      We do not have to hate Muslims to defeat Islam.
      We merely need to reveal that Islam & Muhammad are a joke.

  16. Western Canadian says

    Sep 13, 2015 at 10:49 am

    If the muslim women are smiling at a new born, then the new born would have to be a male….. if the newborn was female, they would be screaming their hatred for it….

    Go figure.

  17. garegin says

    Sep 14, 2015 at 12:42 am

    This line that no images of the prophet are permitted has been repeated many times in the West. The ignorant “PBS types” just lap it up without even googling for a few seconds. They are numerous pictures depicting Mohamed.
    The similar myth is that Jews did not have pictures. Even though they have unearthed synagogues in Israel with paintings of biblical stories.

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