![]() ![]() “I solved that by having the camera act as the eyes of Mohammed. ![]() “The Islamic religion forbids the portrayal of Mohammed,” Akkad told the Associated Press in 1976. In July 1976, director-producer Moustapha Akkad was forced to change the name of his $17 million Islamic epic – from “ Muhammad, Messenger of God” to simply “ The Message” – just 72 hours before the London premiere.Īs will be obvious to anyone who has been following the events at Batley Grammar School in Yorkshire, the change came after protests – including threatening phone calls to one cinema – from conservative Muslims who wrongly believed the film would depict the Prophet Mohammed.īut in The Message, the Syrian-born, American-trained Moustapha Akkad told the story of Mohammed and the birth of Islam without showing the Prophet.
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