After seeing a post at “The Anti-Wahhabi blog” about a certain movie, I decided to promote it here as well.
If you really want to get a real idea about Islam (and not some twisted-around hearsay), watch “The Message” by the late Moustapha el Akkad (starring Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas). It will show you an authentic history of how Islam came into existence and all the key events that happened while it spread, subtly debunking quite a lot of lies on its way. While they don’t show the figure of the Prophet (pbuh) himself, it’s clear what’s happening from the events of the film.
Get it here if you’re interested. Wilders really should’ve watched this before proving his own ignorance to the world (Will get to that very soon as well).
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Salam bro, thanks for the effort!
BTW, I also made another post with an open question for Wilders supporters. I await their twisted responses.
I know, I know, I promised to do a review when I watched it 1½ years ago (by your recommendation) I just never got around to it.
First of all I remember being amazed how revolutionary early Islam was, the equality of man and woman, the overcoming of tribalism, the spirituality. All the idealism. A truly great contribution to human development. I repeat, contribution.
And of course veteran actors Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas were majestic.
But it puzzled my infidel eyes that the main character wasn’t even in the movie: some of the 1st person shots reminded me of cheap American detective movies. It was very confusing: I remember seeing it 3 times, and THEN reading the whole story in Wikipedia just to try to make some sense of it. Actually, the effort to tell the story without the main character in it was quite comical at times. The battle of Badr for instance, Ali wasn’t there but his sword was.
No offense intended, but this taboo about depicting the Prophet doesn’t make the story easier to tell.
But then again, you have heard bedtime stories about the Prophet, you fill out the holes. Maybe I could watch a documentary about the Passion of the Christ without Jesus in it and still “get it”.
I’d better watch it again.
I admit that the movie is easier to understand when you’ve heard the story once before. Still doesn’t take the joy out of watching it.
“Still doesn’t take the joy out of watching it”
Partly agreed: great acting, awesome scenery, sharp story-line. BUT, I’m sorry to say, if I hadn’t made a commitment to watch it, I probably would have bored out before it ended. The taboo on featuring the very main character makes it a failed movie, as movies go. Remember: to me, the Prophet is a historical figure, I want the STORY about him, not YOUR reverence of him.
Sorry, it’s easy to offend what one doesn’t understand.