{"id":2511,"date":"2005-11-11T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-11T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/11\/muslim-terrorists-kill-muslim-movie-producer\/"},"modified":"2005-11-11T10:48:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-11T10:48:00","slug":"muslim-terrorists-kill-muslim-movie-producer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2005\/11\/muslim-terrorists-kill-muslim-movie-producer.html","title":{"rendered":"Muslim terrorists kill Muslim movie producer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that one of the victims of the triple hotel bombings<\/a> in Jordan a couple days ago \u2014 though he actually died in a hospital a little while later \u2014 was Moustapha Akkad, producer of the Halloween<\/a><\/i> (1978-2002) franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

The article also mentions that, before he launched the slasher genre, Akkad produced and directed a film about the life of Mohammed in 1976 \u2014 two<\/i> films, actually, since he shot al-Ris\u00e2lah<\/a><\/i> in Arabic and The Message<\/a><\/i>, starring Anthony Quinn and Irene Papas, in English. This was followed by Lion of the Desert<\/a><\/i> (1981), which starred Quinn as a Muslim who fought back against Italy\u2019s occupation of Libya during World War II.<\/p>\n

Because Muslim tradition prohibits depictions of Mohammed and even his immediate family, The Message<\/i> \u2014 despite being all about the life of Mohammed \u2014 never shows him or them. But, reports the AP, the film was still controversial in Muslim circles:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Message\u201d was declared sacrilegious by a group of black American Muslims, who took hostages in three Washington, D.C. locations when the movie opened in the United States in March 1977, demanding it not be shown in America.<\/p>\n

Akkad said he was baffled by the reaction to the movie, which he said cost $17 million to make. It also was nominated for an Academy Award for best original score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI did the film because it is a personal thing for me. \u2026 Being a Muslim myself who lived in the West, I felt that it was my obligation, my duty to tell the truth about Islam.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt (Islam) is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it\u2019s so little known about, which surprised me. I thought I should tell the story that will bring this (history) to the West,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Akkad said he turned to the horror genre because it was hard to raise money for religious-themed movies, according to a 1998 New York Times<\/a> report.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Reportedly, both of Akkad\u2019s historical epics were produced by the terrorist-friendly Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, but I wouldn\u2019t necessarily hold that against Akkad or his films; you look for financing wherever you can find it. But it does kind of add a sad, ironic footnote to the news regarding his death at the hands of his fellow Muslims, which was sad and ironic enough as it was.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a> reports that Akkad was working on producing a movie about Salah-ad-Din \u2014 a Muslim figure, popular in the West, who was recently depicted in basically positive terms in Ridley Scott\u2019s Kingdom of Heaven<\/a><\/i> but arguably ought to be seen from a Muslim point of view. (Which reminds me, I still want to see Youssef Chahine\u2019s Saladin<\/a><\/i>, 1963.) So that\u2019s yet another opportunity lost.<\/p>\n

UPDATE: The AP has a new version of the story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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