Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
Oh come on they just announced it there is a big difference in announcing and then go on n produce it
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
see, no matter what you do, hatters gonna hate.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
I hope they make a clean historically accurate movie without adding extra propaganda. When it is made and released, if it is deemed to be a fair description of his life and teachings, I would love to watch it.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
These Arabs they don't allow a single person to do even peaceful protest but yet have 450$ million to spend on a movie.
But then when i look at Pakistan holy cow the protests all around my home & factory i was actually afraid for once in my lifetime of my fellow mindless Pakistani's.
This country require full scale brainwashing or we are doomed for sure.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
I hope they make a clean historically accurate movie without adding extra propaganda. When it is made and released, if it is deemed to be a fair description of his life and teachings, I would love to watch it.
I would rather suggest opening of 45 Prophet (PBUH) research departments in various universities of west. 10$ million each shall be sufficient.
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I would rather suggest opening of 45 Prophet (PBUH) research departments in various universities of west. 10$ million each shall be sufficient.
Please do understand that this guy is not making this movie because he is pis?ed off at that American movie. Nor he is making it for the sake of God. He seems to be doing it for profit alone.
This project has been in pipeline since 2009, and now he is using this outcry to promote his movie so that he could make maximum profit.
So there is no point talking about what he can do with this money besides making the movie.
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Then why not also get rid of all the books published on Islam and Prophets etc aimed at teaching others?
This logic is difficult to understand. Is this the best use of $450 million dollars. Can the Qatari gov use it to provide aid to countries in Asia and Africa that can actually use this amount? For a poor person I. India or Pakistan or Africa - what impact will this movie have?
This provides comfort to some who are not living hand to mouth. It is time they thought of the big pictur - rather than give tit for tat response.
True spirituality means doing something good without expectation of return. Religion has become a contest - which religion more popular which has more converts etc.
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Firstly, my post was in response to the poster asking why we need anything else when we have the Quran. My point was, we do need other sources of education to further clarify our deen for us be they books or electronic media.
Secondly, weren't we all going on about eradicating ignorance through education? Education can be provided one on one, through books, through seminars and conferences or through electronic media. It would've been a tit for tat response had they produced an equally disgusting movie against the other religions but that's not what it is. I heard some local Islamic centre in Oklahoma already distributed thousands of DVDs in the area about the life of Prophet saw after this outrage as a way of clearing the misconceptions people might have about the Prophet. One could argue why they didn't spend those resources on the poor instead but they were simply trying to educate the local community.
Similarly, this movie is meant to be educational and not some cheap entertainment that Hollywood and Bollywood pump billions into yet no one questions them as to why they won’t spend the money on a better cause instead. Forget the film industries, how many of us think about the poor before buying an iphone for ourselves? Yeah we do give charity but how many of us deprive ourselves of our wants to help the poor? The reality is that you do not have to deprive yourself of the comforts of life if you can afford to live a luxurious lifestyle and help the poor too. All those celebs involved in charity work certainly don't rid themselves of their designer outfits, do they? And like khoji said, 450 million isn't all that the Qataris have, they can afford to make this movie and help the poor.
Something you don't get to hear on the news is how generous Qataris have been when it comes to helping the flood-stricken Pakistan, donating money, food and clothing to the Syrian refugees, carrying out charity campaigns for Myanmar victims, doing humanitarian work in Palestine etc. They’ve pumped millions into a Temporary Shelter Project in Pakistan for the flood victims and they certainly didn’t expect anything in return, neither publicity nor profit, so going by your definition it makes them truly spiritual.
Point: Yes the money could be better spent in a million ways, but that money we spent on that iphone, or that big sofa set, or the humongous LCD, or the designer jora could also have been better spent. If we're allowed the luxuries of life as long as we give our share of zakaat, then they're also allowed to make this movie as long as they're doing plenty of humanitarian work. This is my opinion, mightn't be yours, we can agree to disagree.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
Firstly, my post was in response to the poster asking why we need anything else when we have the Quran. My point was, we do need other sources of education to further clarify our deen for us be they books or electronic media.
Secondly, weren't we all going on about eradicating ignorance through education? Education can be provided one on one, through books, through seminars and conferences or through electronic media. It would've been a tit for tat response had they produced an equally disgusting movie against the other religions but that's not what it is. I heard some local Islamic centre in Oklahoma already distributed thousands of DVDs in the area about the life of Prophet saw after this outrage as a way of clearing the misconceptions people might have about the Prophet. One could argue why they didn't spend those resources on the poor instead but they were simply trying to educate the local community.
Similarly, this movie is meant to be educational and not some cheap entertainment that Hollywood and Bollywood pump billions into yet no one questions them as to why they won’t spend the money on a better cause instead. Forget the film industries, how many of us think about the poor before buying an iphone for ourselves? Yeah we do give charity but how many of us deprive ourselves of our wants to help the poor? The reality is that you do not have to deprive yourself of the comforts of life if you can afford to live a luxurious lifestyle and help the poor too. All those celebs involved in charity work certainly don't rid themselves of their designer outfits, do they? And like khoji said, 450 million isn't all that the Qataris have, they can afford to make this movie and help the poor.
Something you don't get to hear on the news is how generous Qataris have been when it comes to helping the flood-stricken Pakistan, donating money, food and clothing to the Syrian refugees, carrying out charity campaigns for Myanmar victims, doing humanitarian work in Palestine etc. They’ve pumped millions into a Temporary Shelter Project in Pakistan for the flood victims and they certainly didn’t expect anything in return, neither publicity nor profit, so going by your definition it makes them truly spiritual.
Point: Yes the money could be better spent in a million ways, but that money we spent on that iphone, or that big sofa set, or the humongous LCD, or the designer jora could also have been better spent. If we're allowed the luxuries of life as long as we give our share of zakaat, then they're also allowed to make this movie as long as they're doing plenty of humanitarian work. This is my opinion, mightn't be yours, we can agree to disagree.
few years go Turkish Government started the project to filter out the Haadiths from the ones which incite the violence because of interpretation. I wish they complete it fast.
Secondly there is already a huge mental divide between Muslims living in West and historically Muslim countries of east. Its total acceptable if a Muslim drink and women don't wear headscarf or dupatta or veil but same is not acceptable outside of Western society. Give and take 2/3 generations of Muslims in western world we will not find much difference between the classic Christian & Muslim. Western culture & phiosphy is more adaptable & superior then compare to current Islam which have no ijtihad from last couple of centuries.
Muslims around the world minus first world shows from the protests we are just bunch of loony toonies hell bent upon destroying out our own asses for a piece of crap movie who nobody watch yet.
The keyword here is "Rennassiance" like it or not.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
Khud hoge loony 
I had nothing to do with destroying anything just like the majority of the 1.6 billion Muslims around the world. Don’t be so quick to generalize. The number of Muslims condemning the violent protests is far greater than those who took part in them, out of boredom, out of ignorance, out of politically motivated stunts, or again sheer ignorance.
I’m not going to label all Canadians loonies just because a bunch of them choose to destroy stuff and hurt people over hockey! I understand the vast majority condemn this violence so I’m not going to paint them all with the same brush. You shouldn’t either.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
Firstly, my post was in response to the poster asking why we need anything else when we have the Quran. My point was, we do need other sources of education to further clarify our deen for us be they books or electronic media.
Secondly, weren't we all going on about eradicating ignorance through education? Education can be provided one on one, through books, through seminars and conferences or through electronic media. It would've been a tit for tat response had they produced an equally disgusting movie against the other religions but that's not what it is. I heard some local Islamic centre in Oklahoma already distributed thousands of DVDs in the area about the life of Prophet saw after this outrage as a way of clearing the misconceptions people might have about the Prophet. One could argue why they didn't spend those resources on the poor instead but they were simply trying to educate the local community.
Similarly, this movie is meant to be educational and not some cheap entertainment that Hollywood and Bollywood pump billions into yet no one questions them as to why they won’t spend the money on a better cause instead. Forget the film industries, how many of us think about the poor before buying an iphone for ourselves? Yeah we do give charity but how many of us deprive ourselves of our wants to help the poor? The reality is that you do not have to deprive yourself of the comforts of life if you can afford to live a luxurious lifestyle and help the poor too. All those celebs involved in charity work certainly don't rid themselves of their designer outfits, do they? And like khoji said, 450 million isn't all that the Qataris have, they can afford to make this movie and help the poor.
Something you don't get to hear on the news is how generous Qataris have been when it comes to helping the flood-stricken Pakistan, donating money, food and clothing to the Syrian refugees, carrying out charity campaigns for Myanmar victims, doing humanitarian work in Palestine etc. They’ve pumped millions into a Temporary Shelter Project in Pakistan for the flood victims and they certainly didn’t expect anything in return, neither publicity nor profit, so going by your definition it makes them truly spiritual.
Point: Yes the money could be better spent in a million ways, but that money we spent on that iphone, or that big sofa set, or the humongous LCD, or the designer jora could also have been better spent. If we're allowed the luxuries of life as long as we give our share of zakaat, then they're also allowed to make this movie as long as they're doing plenty of humanitarian work. This is my opinion, mightn't be yours, we can agree to disagree.
Maybe, just maybe, it will occur to the producers that quality is not proportional to money spent. Maybe they can focus on educating practising the faith that faith is personal. That whoevere spends more money does not get special treatment from God. Maybe folks will be guided not to think within the narrow realms of their faith - celebrating conversions, being cheerleaders. Maybe the rah-rah culture currently associated with religion will no longer be in vogue.
Yes, we can agree to disagree.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
Perhaps they're going to make life size sets of Makkah and Madinah since the Saudis are very strict about filming there. So all of that would add to the costs.
Yes the same Saudis who have one set of rules for the rulers and another set for the ruled. Nice!
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I saw this quoted by Southie, and I am re quoting it here.
Life size sets of Makkah and Medina? I heard that old buildings in Makkah and medina have been destroyed by Saudi Wahhabi clergy, and what is left now is just plain high rise buildings.
So why would anyone want to film in Makkah when there is no sign of Islam and its history are left anyway?
I think what Saudis have done to islam’s history is worse than what any non Muslim would have done.
This is from 2005.
THE DESTRUCTION OF MAKKAH
Saudi Hardliners Wiping Out Their Own Heritage **
Historic Mecca, the cradle of Islam, is being buried in an unprecedented onslaught by religious zealots.
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Almost all of the rich and multi-layered history of the holy city is gone. The Washington-based Gulf Institute estimates that 95 per cent of millennium-old buildings have been demolished in the past two decades.
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Now the actual birthplace of the Prophet Mohamed is facing the bulldozers**, with the connivance of Saudi religious authorities whose hardline interpretation of Islam is compelling them to wipe out their own heritage.
A Saudi architect, Sami Angawi, who is an acknowledged specialist on the region’s Islamic architecture, told The Independent that the final farewell to Mecca is imminent: “What we are witnessing are the last days of Mecca and Medina.”
According to Dr Angawi - who has dedicated his life to preserving Islam’s two holiest cities - as few as 20 structures are left that date back to the lifetime of the Prophet 1,400 years ago and those that remain could be bulldozed at any time. “This is the end of history in Mecca and Medina and the end of their future,” said Dr Angawi.
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I'm aware of all that but I wasn't discussing Saudis, I was trying to make sense of the costs so high that they seemed unrealistic to some. The project may cost so much because they're going to have to construct life size sets of Makkah and Madinah and try to replicate what everything looked like centuries ago. Almost all historically based movies are usually the most expensive ones ever made e.g. Mughal-e-Aazam, Jodha Akbar, Lagaan (for which they constructed an entire village from scratch as it would've existed in British India).
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
I'm aware of all that but I wasn't discussing Saudis, I was trying to make sense of the costs so high that they seemed unrealistic to some.
True. I would think the high cost might also be due to computer effects they would have to create for example for battle scenes.
BTW, I would be really interested to watch this movie if it really comes out to be as expensive as he is claiming.
And no matter what the producer's intentions are, such a movie would be helpful for the positive image of Prophet and for answering many ridicules of non Muslims.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
True. I would think the high cost might also be due to computer effects they would have to create for example for battle scenes. BTW, I would be really interested to watch this movie if it really comes out to be as expensive as he is claiming. And no matter what the producer's intentions are, such a movie would be helpful for the positive image of Prophet and for answering many ridicules of non Muslims.
Before 9/11, hardly anyone in the West ridiculed Muslims.
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So let me understand this - based on khoji post about Saudis destroying the ancient strucutlres (if that is right word) in Mecca and Medina
1) Saudis responsible for destroying these sites
2) per Huma they "are strict about filming there" hence life size structures have to be constructed.
In other words Saudis who destroyed structures now want life size structures constructed.
bheja explodes
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
So let me understand this - based on khoji post about Saudis destroying the ancient strucutlres (if that is right word) in Mecca and Medina 1) Saudis responsible for destroying these sites 2) per Huma they "are strict about filming there" hence life size structures have to be constructed.
In other words Saudis who destroyed structures now want life size structures constructed.
bheja explodes
Saudis are not making the movie. Its Qatar.
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I know. I was referring to Humans explanation for high cost. That the Saudis are strict when it comes to filming there - they require life size structures constructed. I assume some of the scenes will be filmed in Mecca and Medina.
Re: Qatar plans $450 million dollar movie on Prophet Muhammed
True. I would think the high cost might also be due to computer effects they would have to create for example for battle scenes. BTW, I would be really interested to watch this movie if it really comes out to be as expensive as he is claiming. And no matter what the producer's intentions are, such a movie would be helpful for the positive image of Prophet and for answering many ridicules of non Muslims.
Agreed. Better to spend this money on a noble cause than to invest it in casinos, gambling dens, horse racing tracks and football clubs across Europe and USA (as many of these rich Arab sheikhs (read playboys) do)
$450 million is nothing to most of them