Hollywood to Sweet-Sell Muhammad, Islam
Producer Barrie Osborne cast Keanu Reeves as the messiah in The Matrix and helped defeat the dark lord Sauron in his record-breaking Lord of the Rings trilogy. Now the Oscar-winning American film-maker is set to embark on his most perilous quest to date: making a big-screen biopic of the prophet Muhammad.
Budgeted at around $150m (£91.5m), the film will chart Muhammad’s life and examine his teachings. Osborne told Reuters that he envisages it as “an international epic production aimed at bridging cultures. The film will educate people about the true meaning of Islam”.
Osborne’s production will reportedly feature English-speaking Muslim actors. It is backed by the Qatar-based production company Alnoor Holdings, who have installed the Muslim scholar Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi to oversee all aspects of the shoot. In accordance with Islamic law, the prophet will not actually be depicted on screen.
“The film will shed light on the Prophet’s life since before his birth to his death,” Ahmed Abdullah Al-Mustafa, Alnoor’s chairman, told al-Jazeera. “It will highlight the humanity of Prophet Muhammad.”
It’s really unsurprising to see Hollywood doing its part to try to change the perception of Islam as a violent religion and the Prophet Muhammad as a purveyor of such.
This just proves the point i made last week that Hollywood is perfectly fine with mocking Jesus Christ and Christianity but won’t dare make a film critical of Muhammad or Islam. In fact, we see with this story that it’s quite the opposite: Hollywood is all too willing to become propagandists for Islam.
I can tell you right now that’s all this film will be–propaganda. It will portray Islam as the superior religion. Just wait and see.
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