Both versions were screened till September 29. The Arab version had also its premiere in a London cinema, Curzon, on August 19, 1976. There are two versions of the movie, an English one and an Arab one. The film was released on Januand on July 29 of the same year it had its premiere in 'Plaza', a London cinema. Mohammad, Messenger of God, released in the US as The Message, was the first major film about Muhammad. A fatwa given by AliвЂ…al-Sistani, the Shi'a marja of Iraq, states that it is permissible to depict Muhammad, even in television or movies, if done with respect.

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. As a result of the controversy, the film was abandoned. When the Sunni Islamic Al-AzharвЂ…University in Cairo heard about it, scholars there released a fatwa stipulating that Islam forbids the depiction of Muhammad on screen and KingвЂ…Fuad then sent a severe warning to the actor, threatening to exile him and strip him of his Egyptian nationality. In 1926, Egyptian actor YoussefвЂ…Wahbi was in discussions to play Muhammad in a film financed by the Turkish government under AtatГјrk.

Most Sunni Muslims believe that visual depictions of all the prophetsвЂ…ofвЂ…Islam should be prohibited and are particularly averse to visual representations of Muhammad. Because the different branches of Islam use different Hadith collections, there is a split on this issue between the two major denominations of Islam, Sunni and Shia Islam. Although the Quran does not explicitly forbid images of Muhammad, there are a few hadith (supplemental teachings) which have explicitly prohibited Muslims from creating visual depictions of figures. The depiction of Islamic prophet Muhammad in film (as with other visual depictions) is a controversial topic both within and outside of Islam.

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