So, in a letter I said I could not attend the ceremony (in a country) where my holiest sanctities are desecrated. I thought to myself how can they hold an honoring ceremony for me in a country where my beliefs and sanctities are insulted. Later, to make a more practical response to the insulting act of the newspaper, he took up the subject of Prophet of Islam. This led him to the idea of making a film on Prophet Muhammad. According to Majidi, the publishing insulted the population of Muslim people and disrespected the boundaries of the holy sanctuaries of beliefs. However, the director backed out the screening of the film citing the controversy created by the Jyllands-Posten over cartoon depiction of Islamic Prophet–Muhammad. Majid Majidi's film The Willow Tree was about to have its premiere at the 17th NatFilm Festival.
As the army approaches Mecca, the elephants respond to divine order by halting and refusing to continue. He leads a well-equipped force of thousands of soldiers, horses and elephants. ( September 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īy the order of Abraha, King of Habasha, one of his army commanders launches an attack on Mecca in order to destroy the Kaaba. You can provide one by editing this article. This article needs an improved plot summary. The film was selected as the Iranian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards. The film was released both in Iran and at Montreal World Film Festival on 27 August 2015. For the critics, film-makers and journalists, a special screening was held at Cinema Farhang in Iran on 12 February 2015. The film was set to have its premiere at the Fajr International Film Festival on 1 February 2015 but was pulled out due to technical difficulties. The cinematography is done by Vittorio Storaro and film score is composed by A. Post-production works began in Munich during late 2013 and were completed in 2014. Throughout the filming process, Majidi worked with a team of historians and archaeologists for the work on accuracy of the early life of Prophet Muhammad. By 2011, a colossal set created in the city of Qom near Tehran was ready for the majority of the film. The film marks the biggest-budget production in Iranian cinema to date Development of Muhammad: The Messenger of God began in 2007 and Majidi wrote the first draft of the screenplay by 2009. The film, set in the sixth century, revolves around the childhood of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. #BoycottMovieOfProphet : The Messenger of God ( Persian: محمد رسولالله, romanized: Mohammad Rasulollah) is a 2015 Iranian Islamic epic film directed by Majid Majidi and co-written with Kambuzia Partovi. Also, filmography is strictly prohibited in Sharia law. The movie that is being made on Prophet Muhammad (SAWS) must be boycotted before its release otherwise it will definitely decrease our iman rather than increasing. Sufi Mohammad Rehmaan Mubeen Khan July 5, 2020 #BoycottMovieOfProphet #BoycottMovieOfProphet #BoycottMovieOfProphet /VHOUI7Gvg1 That is why we oppose those who speak against Muhammad. #mohammadkhan_21 /dqVJpFW0z2Įverything in Quran, We don't need this type of movies to know, pls ban this movie ASAP #BoycottMovieOfProphet #BoycottMovieOfProphet /xQ2550DFcV #Government should take serious action against this. The Qur'aan and hadeeth have already told us everything /31O9EHXI0y #BoycottMovieOfProphetĭon't need to watch any movie on my Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). No body can make movies on our Prophet Muhammad.
How could you? Don't ever think about it. Many others have asked the government to take strict action against the film too.
One reason that a ban is demanded on 'Muhammad: The Messenger Of God', is because, according to a user, filmography is prohibitted in Shia culture.