In Morocco, cinema authorities have banned the movie after it was condemned by the country's religious council. A spokesperson from Cineworld said: “Due to recent incidents related to screenings of The Lady of Heaven, we have made the decision to cancel upcoming screenings of the film nationwide to ensure the safety of our staff and customers.” The massive protests within the UK led to cinema chain - Cineworld - cancelling all showings of The Lady of Heaven. Shahid Ali, a cleric who organised a protest against the film in Bradford, told Sky News that the movie presented a "false narrative of the early caliphs of Islam… of them being terrorists". It said that the film caused “heartache” and “spread false information on Islam”, and “directly disrespects” Prophet Muhammad. #LadyOfHeaven #Bolton #Birmingham #Sheffield #Bradford2025 /7uLHonTQVNĪ petition has also been set up by a user named Muslims UK and now signed by more than 126,000 people, asking for the movie to be removed from the big screen. Video: If this was an indigenous Brit, he would be arrested for inciting violence. The BBC’s Religion Editor, Aleem Maqbool, says the criticism centres on the way Yasser al-Habib, the scriptwriter, has portrayed prominent revered figures in early Sunni Islam, implying that there are comparisons between their actions with those of the Islamic State group in Iraq. There has also been massive criticism of the film for its portrayals of several other characters, including the Prophet Muhammad’s companions, Abu Bakr and Umar ibn al-Khattab, the first caliphs of Islam. Though no actor has played the role of Prophet Muhammad or Lady Fatima (they are computer-generated images), this has caused furore among the Muslim community, which looks down upon and in many cases considers the visual depiction of the Prophet as blasphemous. One of the many problems with the movie is the depiction of Islamic prophets. The movie has received massive backlash from the Muslim community, with many calling it blasphemous as well as racist. The poster for controversial new film ‘The Lady of Heaven’. We spent a year in pre-production making sure the history is accurate.” “We’re not presenting an over-romanticised version of history. He said the issue of the subject matter being provocative “depends on who you ask”, and added: “Any religious topic you tackle is going to have disagreements amongst different groups. And we felt it's important to share this story with the world.”
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He continued: “We believe she is the best figure in history for us today to learn from, to know how to tackle things such as extremism, radicalism and corruption.
Malik Shlibak, The Lady of Heaven’s executive producer, told Sky News that the film tells the story of Lady Fatima's “life, her struggles, the journey she went through”. Laith learns about Lady Fatima’s struggles through Bibi’s storytelling and gradually learns to cope with the challenges of his modern-day world.Īs per the synopsis of the movie, Lady Fatima is described as ‘the first victim of terrorism’. The movie shows two separate tales that span 1,400 years the modern-day story follows Laith, a young Iraqi boy who is adopted by Bibi Fatimah after his mother is killed in the war. Written by Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Yasser al-Habib, The Lady of Heaven is directed by Eli King and tells the story of Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. The movie has also led to the removal of an imam as a government advisor to the UK government.
Moreover, the movie has been banned by Morocco, with Egypt, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq all denouncing it. However, a famous cinema chain in UK pulled all screenings citing concerns for staff and customer safety. This story is intertwined with the tale of a young Iraqi child in modern times some 1,400 years later. The movie, released on 3 June, depicts the story of Lady Fatima, the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, and is billed as the first ever film to do so. The UK has been seeing agitations over a film - The Lady of Heaven that critics have called “blasphemous” and “racist”. As India witnesses violent protests, which also saw the death of two people in Ranchi, due to comments made by Nupur Sharma and Naveen Jindal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the United Kingdom is also in the eye of a storm.
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