UK cinema pulls movie of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter after protests – Middle East Monitor

A distinguished cinema chain within the UK has pulled a film deemed offensive to Muslims which makes an attempt to painting occasions within the lifetime of the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, after protests by British Muslims occurred towards it.

The movie, named ‘Girl of Heaven’, was pulled by Cineworld after protests by the British Muslim group exterior venues in Birmingham, Bolton, Bradford and Sheffield. In an announcement yesterday by the cinema chain, it introduced that “we now have made the choice to cancel upcoming screenings of the movie nationwide to make sure the protection of our workers and clients”.

Opening with a scene recalling the fear group, Daesh, over-running territory in Iraq, the film then goes on to painting the story of Prophet Muhammad’s daughter, Fatima, by outlining a number of alleged occasions in her life and linking them in with the present-day story of a younger Iraqi orphan.

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Though the film portrays Fatima’s story via the lens of the Shia Muslim narrative, it was protested towards by each Sunnis and Shias, and was additionally criticised and condemned by plenty of distinguished Shia non secular students.

Even the Iranian authorities – infamous for its proselytising efforts to advertise Shia non secular and political affect worldwide – banned the film inside its nation on the grounds that it’s divisive within the Muslim world. Additionally it is banned in Pakistan and Egypt.

The film was written by the Kuwaiti Shia cleric, Yasser Al-Habib, who runs a London-based non secular group named the Mahdi Servants Union. Al-Habib has lengthy been a controversial determine over time after making plenty of insults towards the Prophet’s different companions, in addition to towards the Prophet’s spouse, Aisha, who he referred to as “an enemy of God”.

Directed by Eli King – an Australian-born actor of Egyptian Coptic Christian descent – produced by the UK-based leisure firm, Enlightenment Productions, the film value a complete of $15 million to make and its rights are owned by the Los Angeles-based firm, Hannibal Media.