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Essentially, Message is a great movie about a great period in the history of world history, and that is the advent of the last of the great monotheistic religions called Islam. It does well to convey the basic message of Islam and its founder Prophet Muhammed (p.b.u.h.). Of course, the detractors of Islam will not find the movie all that enjoyable. Please take note: the purpose of hosting these movies is not to disregard the fatwas of those scholars who disallow the making, showing or watching of movies.The purpose is just to learn Islamic history through a movie.

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The depiction of Muhammad, the Islamic Prophet, in film (as with other visual depictions) is a controversial topic both within and outside of Islam. The Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, but there are a few hadith (supplemental teachings) which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating visual depictions of figures. There is a split on this issue between the two major denominations of Islam, Sunni and Shia Islam.

Most Sunni Muslims believe that visual depictions of all the prophets of Islam should be prohibited^[1] and are particularly averse to visual representations of Muhammad.^[2] In 1926, Egyptian actor Youssef Wahbi was in discussions to play Muhammad in a film financed by the Turkish government under Atatürk. When the Sunni Islamic Al-Azhar University in Cairo heard about it, scholars there released a fatwa stipulating that Islam forbids the depiction of Muhammad on screen and King Fuad then sent a severe warning to the actor, threatening to exile him and strip him of his Egyptian nationality. As a result of the controversy, the film was abandoned.^[3]

In Shia Islam, scholars historically were also against such depictions, but have taken a more relaxed view over the years and images of Muhammad are quite common nowadays.^[2] A fatwa given by Ali al-Sistani, the Shi'amarja of Iraq, states that it is permissible to depict Muhammad, even in television or movies, if done with respect.^[4]

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The Message[edit]

Mohammad, Messenger of God, released in the US as The Message, was the first major film about Muhammad. The film was released on January 1, 1976 and on July 29 of the same year it had its premiere in 'Plaza', a London cinema. There are two versions of the movie, an English one and an Arab one. The Arab version had also its premiere in a London cinema, Curzon, on August 19, 1976. Both versions were screened till September 29. So the English version was shown for nine weeks, and the Arab version for six weeks.

When director Mustafa Akkad was shooting the film, he made use of an American cast and an Egyptian cast. In the English version Anthony Quinn played Hamza, Michael Ansara Muhammad's principal opponent Abu Sufyan, and Irene Papas Abu Sufyan's wife Hind. In the Arab version these roles were played by Egyptian actors. However, in a number of overall shots, in which a large group is acting, such as the Battle of Badr, it can be heard that the scene is shot only once, as the actors shout 'Allahu Akbar', whereas in other similar scenes the director opted for 'God is great'.

Although the movie is about Muhammad, the director decided to shoot the film so as to not depict Muhammad. Akkad frequently changed the position of the camera at moments when Muhammad would be brought into vision. When Muhammad was essential to a scene, the camera would show events from his point of view.^[5]

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The Message became very popular, not the least in the circles of Muslims, for example in Africa, and Asia. Even so, two well-known fatwas from Al-Azhar University and Shiite Council of Lebanon were issued about The Message.

It is certainly probable that this is not the result of the creativity of the filmmakers but of the rules announced by the Islamic scholars of the Azhar and the Shia Council of Lebanon, who prohibited any representation of Muhammad's wives as well as of Muhammad himself.^[5]

Muhammad: The Last Prophet[edit]

Muhammad: The Last Prophet is an animated film produced by Badr International according to the same principles as 'The Message'. Its director is Richard Rich. The movie was released in 2004 and it was screened in a limited number of movie-theatres in the United States and the United Kingdom. The film focuses on the early period of Islam.

Muhammad: The Messenger of God[edit]

In October 2012, Iranian director Majid Majidi began shooting a film titled Muhammad: The Messenger of God with plans to show Muhammad on screen, though not his face, as per Shia tradition. The film world premier was on 27 August 2015.^[6]

Future projects[edit]

There are some new films currently being produced about Muhammad, considered the 'second of their kind' (referring to Western films respecting the portrayal of Muhammad).^[7][8]

In October 2008, Producer Oscar Zoghbi, who worked on the original The Message, stated that he would shooting a remake called The Messenger of Peace, to be shot around the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.^[8]

Film producer Barrie M. Osborne has been hired as an adviser on a possible series of epics about Muhammad. The films, which are financed by a Qatari media company and will be supervised by the Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi, are unlikely to depict Muhammad at all on screen as per Sunni tradition which sees all renderings of the prophets as blasphemous.^[7][9]

List of films[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Larsson, Göran (2011). Muslims and the New Media. Ashgate. p. 51. ISBN978-1-4094-2750-6.
2. ^ ^abDevotion in pictures: Muslim popular iconography – The prophet Muhammad, University of Bergen
3. ^Alessandra. Raengo & Robert Stam (2004). A Companion To Literature And Film. Blackwell Publishing. p. 31. ISBN0-631-23053-X.
4. ^'Istifta'. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
5. ^ ^abBakker, Freek L. (January 2006). 'The image of Muhammad in The Message, the first and only feature film about the Prophet of Islam'(PDF). Routledge, 'Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations', Vol. 17, No.1. Retrieved 2007-07-06.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. ^'MUHAMMAD THE FILM EVENT OF 2015 TO HAVE WORLD PREMIERE AT THE MONTREAL WORLD FILM FESTIVAL'. ffm-montreal.org. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 22 July 2015.Cite uses deprecated parameter dead-url= (help)
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8. ^ ^ab'Movie planned on life of Mohammad'. Reuters. Oct 27, 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
9. ^MTV
10. ^'The Message (Muhammed, Messenger of God) IMDB profile'. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
11. ^Kifner, John. 'Mohammad Messenger of God (1976) Alternate Titles: The Message, Mohammad: Messenger of God, Al-Risalah'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
12. ^'The Mohammad Messenger of God (1976) (30th Anniversary 2-Disc Edition)'. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
13. ^'Overview for Mohammad Messenger of God (1976)'. tcm.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
14. ^'The Mohammed: Messenger of God [1976]'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
15. ^'Mohammad Messenger of God (1976) Hollywood.com'. Hollywood.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2008-12-31.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
16. ^'Muhammad: The Last Prophet IMDB.com'. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
17. ^'Muhammad, the Last Prophet (2004) Profile'. Yahoo!.com. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
18. ^STEVENS, DANA (November 13, 2004). 'Animated Retelling of the Birth of Islam (Film Review)'. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
19. ^Metacritic.com. 'Muhammad: The Last Prophet Metacritic.com reviews'. Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
20. ^Amazon.com. 'Muhammad: The Last Prophet [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) at Amazon.com'. Amazon.com. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
21. ^Huda. ''Muhammad: The Last Prophet' Opening in Theatres'. About.com. About.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
22. ^'Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet PBS Homepage'. PBS. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
23. ^'Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002) at IMDB.com'. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
24. ^'Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) Amazon.com DVD'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
25. ^'Islamic Goods Direct.co.uk - MUHAMMAD - Legacy Of A Prophet'. Islamic Goods Direct.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2008-12-08. Retrieved 2009-01-01.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
26. ^'Unity Production Foundations - Details (SYNOPSIS)'. Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
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28. ^'20,000 Dialogues'. 20,000 Dialogues. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-01-01.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
29. ^'Muhammad DVD'. History Channel. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
30. ^'The Prophet Muhammad'. History Channel Asia.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.^{[permanent dead link]}
31. ^'The Making of Islam: Empire of Faith'. PBS.org. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
32. ^'Islam: Empire of Faith Homepage'. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
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34. ^'Islam: Empire of Faith (2000) at IMDB.com'. Retrieved 2009-01-01.
35. ^'The Story of Islam: A History of the World's Most Misunderstood Faith (1983)'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
36. ^QUANTUM LEAP; EDS. 'Understanding Islam - The Signs Of The Last Day DVD'. DVD.ciao.co.uk. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
37. ^Omaar, Rageh. 'An Islamic History of Europe'. Rageh Omaar. BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
38. ^'An Islamic History of Europe BBC Educational Archive'. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
39. ^'Bringing to Life the Islamic History of Europe: A Video Documentary Testimony'. MuslimHeritage.com, BBC Four, Rageh Omaar. Archived from the original on 2013-01-04. Retrieved 2008-12-31.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
40. ^Childs, Roger; BBC (1 May 2004). 'BBC News article 'A Muslim in the family''. BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
41. ^Omaar, Rageh. 'BBC (Religion & Ethics: Islam) Essay: A Muslim in the family'. The BBC. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
42. ^'Turning Muslim in Texas; A Muslim in the Family; M.D. Digger'. Hahmed.com. February 20, 2006. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-31.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
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44. ^'The Smell of Paradise (2005)'. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
45. ^'National Geographic: Inside Mecca [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
46. ^'Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Koran (2006)'. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
47. ^'Muhammad: A Mercy to Mankind'. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
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49. ^Muhammad on IMDb

Further reading[edit]

• Bakker, Freek, Cinema, in Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God (2 vols.), Edited by C. Fitzpatrick and A. Walker, Santa Barbara, ABC-CLIO, 2014. ISBN1610691776

The Message (Arabic: الرسالة‎ Ar-Risālah; originally known as Mohammad, Messenger of God) is a 1976 epichistorical drama film directed and produced by Moustapha Akkad, chronicling the life and times of the Islamic prophet Muhammad through the perspective of his uncle Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib and son Zayd ibn Harithah.

Released in both separately-filmed Arabic and English-language versions, The Message serves as an introduction to early Islamic history. The international ensemble cast includes Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest, André Morell, Garrick Hagon, Damien Thomas, and Martin Benson. It was an international co-production between Lebanon, Kuwait, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom.

The film was nominated for Best Original Score in the 50th Academy Awards, composed by Maurice Jarre, but lost the award to Star Wars (composed by John Williams).

Plot[edit]

Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) is visited by the angel Gabriel, which shocks him deeply. The angel asks him to start and spread Islam. Gradually, almost the entire city of Mecca begins to convert. As a result, more enemies will come and hunt Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) and his companions from Mecca and confiscate their possessions.

They head north, where they receive a warm welcome in the city of Medina and build the first Islamic mosque. They are told that their possessions are being sold in Mecca on the market. Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) chooses peace for a moment, but still gets permission to attack. They are attacked but win the Battle of Badr. The Meccans want revenge and beat back with three thousand men in the Battle of Uhud, killing Hazrat Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib(R.A). The Muslims run after the Meccans and leave the camp unprotected. Because of this, they are surprised by riders from behind, so they lose the battle. The Meccans and the Muslims close a 10-year truce.

A few years later, Hazrat Khalid ibn Walid(R.A), a Meccan general who has killed many Muslims, converts to Islam. Meanwhile, Muslim camps in the desert are attacked in the night. The Muslims believe that the Meccans are responsible. Abu Sufyan comes to Medina fearing retribution and claiming that it was not the Meccans, but robbers who had broken the truce. None of the Muslims give him an audience, claiming he 'observes no treaty and keeps no pledge.' The Muslims respond with an attack on Mecca with very many troops and 'men from every tribe'.

Abu Sufyan seeks an audience with Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) on the eve of the attack. The Meccans become very scared but are reassured that no one will be abused and any in their house, by the Kaaba, or in Abu Sufyan's house will be safe. They surrender and Mecca falls into the hands of the Muslims. The pagan images of the gods in the Kaaba are destroyed, and the very first azan in Mecca is called on the Kaaba by Hazrat Bilaal Ibn Rabaah(R.A).

Cast[edit]

English version

• Anthony Quinn as Hamza
• Irene Papas as Hind bint Utbah
• Michael Ansara as Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
• Johnny Sekka as Bilal ibn Rabah
• Michael Forest as Khalid ibn al-Walid
• André Morell as Abu Talib
• Garrick Hagon as Ammar ibn Yasir
• Damien Thomas as Zayd
• Martin Benson as Abu Jahl
• Robert Brown as Utbah ibn Rabi'ah
• Rosalie Crutchley as Sumayyah
• Bruno Barnabe as Umayyah ibn Khalaf
• Neville Jason as Ja`far ibn Abī Tālib
• John Bennett as Salul
• Donald Burton as 'Amr ibn al-'As
• Earl Cameron as Al-Najashi
• George Camiller as Walid ibn Utbah
• Nicholas Amer as Suhayl ibn Amr
• Ronald Chenery as Mus`ab ibn `Umair
• Michael Godfrey as Baraa'
• John Humphry as Ubaydah
• Ewen Solon as Yasir
• Wolfe Morris as Abu Lahab
• Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Heraclius
• Leonard Trolley as Silk Merchant
• Gerard Hely as Poet Sinan
• Habib Ageli as Hudhayfah
• Peter Madden as Toothless Man
• Hassan Joundi as Khosrau II
• Abdullah Lamrani as Ikrimah
• Elaine Ives-Cameron as Arwa
• Mohammad Al Gaddary as Money Lender
• Ahmad Marey as Young Christian

Arabic version

• Abdullah Gaith as Hamza
• Muna Wassef as Hind
• Hamdi Gaith [ar] as Abu Sufyan ibn Harb
• Ali Ahmed Salem as Bilal
• Mahmoud Said as Khalid
• Ahmad Marey as Zayd
• Mohammad Larbi as Ammar
• Hassan Joundi as Abu Jahl
• Sana' Jamil as Sumayyah
• Martin Benson as Khosrau II
• Damien Thomas as Young Christian

Production[edit]

While creating The Message, director Akkad, who was Muslim, consulted Islamic clerics in a thorough attempt to be respectful towards Islam and its views on portraying Muhammad. He received approval from Al-Azhar in Egypt but was rejected by the Muslim World League in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.^{[citation needed]} Akkad had to go outside the United States in order to raise the production money needed for the film. Lack of financing nearly shut down the film because its initial backers pulled out.^{[citation needed]}

Financing for the project finally came from the governments of Kuwait, Libya and Morocco, but when it was rejected by the Muslim World League, EmirSabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah of Kuwait withdrew financial support.^{[citation needed]}King Hassan II of Morocco gave Akkad full support for the production, while King Khalid bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia and then-Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi provided financial support too.^[4]

The film was shot in Morocco and Libya, with production taking four and a half months to build the cities of Mecca and Medina as they looked in Muhammad's time. Production took one year; Akkad filmed for six months in Morocco, but had to stop when the Saudi government exerted great pressure on the Moroccan government to stop the project. Akkad went to al-Gaddafi for support in order to complete the project, and the Libyan leader allowed him to move the filming to Libya for the remaining six months.^{[citation needed]}

Akkad saw the film as a way to bridge the gap between the Western and Islamic worlds, stating in a 1976 interview:

I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Besides all this I think there was something personal, being a Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about which surprised me. I thought I should tell the story that will bring this bridge, this gap to the west.^{[citation needed]}

Akkad also filmed an Arabic version of the film (in which Muna Wassef played Hind) simultaneously with an Arab cast, for Arabic-speaking audiences. He felt that dubbing the English version into Arabic would not be enough, because the Arabic acting style differs significantly from that of Hollywood and the Arab world. The actors took turns doing the English and Arabic versions in each scene, and both are now sold together on some DVDs.^{[citation needed]}

Depiction of Muhammad[edit]

In accordance with the beliefs of some Muslims regarding depictions of Muhammad, his face is not depicted on-screen nor is his voice heard. Because Islamic tradition generally forbids any direct representation of religious figures, the following disclaimer is displayed at the beginning of the film:

The makers of this film honour the Islamic tradition which holds that the impersonation of the Prophet offends against the spirituality of his message. Therefore, the person of Mohammad will not be shown (or heard).

The rule above was also extended to his wives, his daughters including Fatimah, his sons-in-law, and the first caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali ibn Talib his paternal cousin). This left Muhammad's uncle Hamza (Anthony Quinn) and his adopted son Zayd (Damien Thomas) as the central characters. During the battles of Badr and Uhud depicted in the movie, Hamza was in nominal command, even though the actual fighting was led by Muhammad.

Whenever Muhammad was present or very close by, his presence was indicated by light organ music. His words, as he spoke them, were repeated by someone else such as Hamza, Zayd or Bilal. When a scene called for him to be present, the action was filmed from his point of view. Others in the scene nodded to the unheard dialogue or moved with the camera as though moving with Muhammad.

The closest the film comes to a depiction of Muhammad or his immediate family are the view of Ali's famous two-pronged sword Zulfiqar during the battle scenes, a glimpse of a staff in the scenes at the Kaaba or in Medina, and Muhammad's camel, Qaswa.

Reception[edit]

In July 1976, five days before the film opened in London's West End, threatening phone calls to a cinema prompted Akkad to change the title from Mohammed, Messenger of God to The Message, at a cost of £50,000.^[5]

Sunday Times film critic Dilys Powell described the film as a 'Western … crossed with Early Christian'. She noted a similar avoidance of direct depictions of Jesus in early biblical films, and suggested that 'from an artistic as well as a religious point of view the film is absolutely right'.^[6]Richard Eder of The New York Times described the effect of not showing Muhammad as 'awkward' and likened it to 'one of those Music Minus One records,' adding that the acting was 'on the level of crudity of an early Cecil B. DeMille Bible epic, but the direction and pace is far more languid.'^[7]Variety praised the 'stunning' photography, 'superbly rendered' battle scenes and the 'strong and convincing' cast, though the second half of the film was called 'facile stuff and anticlimactic.'^[8]Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times thought the battle scenes were 'spectacularly done' and that Anthony Quinn's 'dignity and stature' were right for his role.^[9]Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave it two stars out of four, calling it 'a decent, big-budget religious movie. No more, no less.'^[10] John Pym of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: 'The unalleviated tedium of this ten-million dollar enterprise (billed as the first 'petrodollar' movie) is largely due to the tawdry staginess of all the sets and the apparent inability of Moustapha Akkad ... to muster larger groups of people on any but two-dimensional planes.'^[11]

In 1977, as the film was scheduled to premiere in the United States, a splinter group of the black nationalistNation of Islam calling itself the Hanafi Movement staged a siege of the Washington, D.C. chapter of the B'nai B'rith.^[12] Under the mistaken belief that Anthony Quinn played Muhammad in the film,^[13] the group threatened to blow up the building and its inhabitants unless the film's opening was cancelled.^[12][13] The standoff was resolved after the deaths of a journalist and a policeman,^{[citation needed]} but 'the film's American box office prospects never recovered from the unfortunate controversy.'^[13]

Muna Wassef's role as Hind in the Arabic-language version won her international recognition.^[14]

Awards and nominations[edit]

The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1977 for Best Original Score for the music by Maurice Jarre.^[15]

Music[edit]

The musical score of The Message was composed and conducted by Maurice Jarre and performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.

Track listing for the first release on LP

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Side One

1. The Message (03:01)
2. Hegira (04:24)
3. Building the First Mosque (02:51)
4. The Sura (03:34)
5. Presence of Mohammad (02:13)
6. Entry to Mecca (03:15)

Side Two

1. The Declaration (02:38)
2. The First Martyrs (02:27)
3. Fight (04:12)
4. Spread of Islam (03:16)
5. Broken Idols (04:00)
6. The Faith of Islam (02:37)

Track listing for the first release on CD

1. The Message (03:09)
2. Hegira (04:39)
3. Building the First Mosque (02:33)
4. The Sura (03:32)
5. Presence of Mohammad (02:11)
6. Entry to Mecca (03:14)
7. The Declaration (02:39)
8. The First Martyrs (02:26)
9. Fight (04:11)
10. The Spread of Islam (03:35)
11. Broken Idols (03:40)
12. The Faith of Islam (02:33)

Potential remake[edit]

In October 2008, producer Oscar Zoghbi revealed plans to 'revamp the 1976 movie and give it a modern twist,' according to IMDb and the World Entertainment News Network.^{[16][17][18][19]} He hoped to shoot the remake, tentatively titled The Messenger of Peace, in the cities of Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia.

In February 2009, Barrie M. Osborne, producer of The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings film trilogies, was attached to produce a new film about Muhammad. The film was to be financed by a Qatari media company and was to be supervised by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.^[20]

Any remakes have not had any further information as of now, suggesting the films have been shelved or abandoned.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^''Mohammad' Preems In London, July 29'. Variety: 5. 7 July 1976.
2. ^Fitzpatrick, Coeli; Walker, Adam Hani, eds. (2014). Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture: An Encyclopedia of the Prophet of God. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, LLC. p. 98. ISBN9781610691789.
3. ^'THE MESSAGE [ARABIC VERSION] (A)'. British Board of Film Classification. 20 August 1976. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
4. ^https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HochpR21yH0
5. ^'Muhammad film title changed after threats.' The Times (London, 27 July 1976), 4.
6. ^Dilys Powell, 'In pursuit of the Prophet', Sunday Times (London, 1 August 1976), p. 29.
7. ^Eder, Richard (10 March 1977). 'Screen: 3-Hour 'Mohammad''. The New York Times: 28.
8. ^'The Message'. Variety: 22. 18 August 1976.
9. ^Champlin, Charles (March 8, 1977). 'Islam as It Lives and Bleeds'. Los Angeles Times. Part IV, p. 1.
10. ^Siskel, Gene (March 29, 1977). 'Protests aside, 'Mohammad' is a faithful, big-budget epic'. Chicago Tribune. Section 2, p. 10.
11. ^Pym, John (September 1976). 'Al-Risalah (The Message [Mohammad Messenger of God])'. The Monthly Film Bulletin. 43 (512): 187.
12. ^ ^abBrockopp, Jonathan E (19 April 2010). The Cambridge Companion to Muhammad. Cambridge University Press. p. 287.
13. ^ ^abcDeming, Mark. 'Mohammad: Messenger of God'. New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 May 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
14. ^Samir Twair and Pat Twair, 'Syrian stars receive first Al-Ataa awards', The Middle East (1 December 1999).
15. ^'1977 Oscars - 50th Annual Academy Awards Oscar Winners and Nominees'. Popculturemadness.com. 3 April 1978. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
16. ^'The Message Gets A Modern Remake,' IMDB, 28 October 2008.
17. ^Irvine, Chris (28 October 2008). 'Prophet Mohammed film The Message set for remake'. The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
18. ^Brooks, Xan (27 October 2008). 'Controversial biopic of Muhammad set for remake'. The Guardian. London. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
19. ^'Prophet Muhammad film announced'. BBC News. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 13 May 2010.
20. ^''Matrix' And 'Lord of the Rings' Producer To Make Movie About The Founder Of Islam'. Moviesblog.mtv.com. Retrieved 25 April 2012.

External links[edit]

• The Message on IMDb
• The Message at Rotten Tomatoes