Raza Academy is a Sufi Muslim organization in India. The Sufis are enraged because “the Holy Prophet of Islam can never be picturised and those who have done it have committed blasphemy which is untolerable at any cost.” But they don’t stop at registering their objection to the film. They also issue an unmistakable threat: […]
Muslims enraged, demand ban of film glorifying Muhammad, threaten to murder filmmaker, filmmaking is un-Islamic
“Those who make a direct mistake on Mohammad Saheb, O dog will die.” The “mistake” here is a film that portrays Muhammad favorably. But even that is not acceptable. Islamic apologists insist that Muslims do not worship Muhammad, and to be sure, he is not considered a deity in Islamic theology, but the rage over […]
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: now filmmaker Majid Majidi and […]