Animated Islam ("Mohammed: The Last Prophet")comes to movie US screens

BBC On-Line ^ | 11/14/04 | Salim Rizvi

[pikachu]

Did they make a movie like this starring Anthony Quinn that was condemmed?

[rocksblues]

"The release of this film in theatres also offers a chance to interact with American Muslims in a learning environment."

GEEZ!

[Patrick1]

I thought that Mormon guy was the last prophet. These cults need to keep this stuff straight.

[michaelbfree]

wow, a cartoon about a pedophile, a killer and a false prophet.....sounds like it came right out of Hollywood. Here's to a box office of less than $100 - and hurray for the theatres that refused to show it.

[MetalHeadConservative35]

islam movie....as if the islamic beheading movies wernt enough to deal with,

anyone planning to freep this?

[MisterRepublican]

I'd hate to live near a theatre that shows this one. You know how they are about blowing things up.

[Patrick1]

Starring Alec Baldwin as Mohammed.

[IStillBelieve]

Some theatre chains were doubtful of the response to the film and refused to screen the movie

In a related story, Muslims have threatened to suicide bomb several "infidel" US theater chains.

[todd1]

I thought muslims didn't believe in depicting prophets in movies.

[IStillBelieve]

You know how they are about blowing things up.

Oh come now, it's just their way. Muslims tolerate American eccentricities like Whoppers with bacon and women who own property, so we need to accept their little quirks like sucide bombing, decapitation, and execution by stoning.

[RtWngr]

I better not hear that this was run in any public schools, or in any public halls or exhibition facilities supported by tax money. What's good for the goose...

[MetalHeadConservative35]

eww..i loved him in hunt for red october. (great great movie,)

[Travis McGee]

Are they going to show him raping his 9 year old kidnapped "wife?"

[IStillBelieve]

See #11, and brush up on the tolerance while you're at it.

[tophat9000]

No War for Prophet

[cotton]

It is an animated film about Mohammad, but they are not allowed to even show a picture of him, much less Animate him!!! So what do we see- camels????? Sounds like a winner (not). Can you imagine if Mel had to do the Passion without showing the Christ?

[MetalHeadConservative35]

sounds like a low budget christian sunday school film,

the ones i remember seeing were almost like hanna-barbara's style of animation,

[DManA]

This is an important opportunity to teach my children that Mohammed was at best a fraud, at worst demon possesed.

[Mister Baredog]

Muslims are quite hopeful that this will give an opportunity for more interaction between Muslims and other Americans

I'm willing to bet, without even seeing this cartoon that some Muslims will be offended and will KILL one of the movie makers to make the point. Just a hunch based entirely on previous behavior.