(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmad al-Tayyeb in a statement demanded Islamic scholars to stand against the movie titled “Muhammad (P.B.U.H)” and try to refrain from releasing the flick.
Iranian film director Majid Majidi is filming his controversial movie Mohammed (P.B.U.H), which portrays the life of the Prophet Mohammed.
“We demand that Iran refrain from releasing the movie, so that an undistorted image of the Prophet can be preserved in the minds of Muslims. We call upon all filmmakers to respect religions and Prophets,” he said in the statement.
It has been reported that the director Majid Majidi nominated Iranian actor Mehdi Pakdel from Isfahan to represent the Prophet Mohammed. However, other directors are likely to nominate Pakdel to portray Abi Talib, the father of the Imam Ali.
Majidi simply said that he “wanted to shed light on Arab society during that era of history, and on the childhood and youth of the Holy Prophet. We only seek to present the Prophet, peace be upon him, in his best image for his nation and other nations.”
The director expressed his disappointment at the unsuitable conditions for shooting in Mecca and Medina, and he was forced to replace the two cities with the Iranian cities of Kerman and Noor in Northern Iran.
Sixty-five authentic houses were constructed in those Iranian cities. “Mohammad” is scheduled to be released during the summer, dubbed into Arabic, English, French and Spanish.
Majid Majidi requested that everyone see his work before judging it.
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