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frequently untrue.
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Who would want to make a mini series that would risk a fatwa being issued for some minor detail in the plot, then you change the detail and some other group issues another fatwa.
First fitna meaning the revolt right after the Prophet's death?
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The one that took place about 25-30 years after his death though pretty much everyone had known the Prophet. And it involved several people becoming and ceasing to become the Caliph till the Ummayads finally had a hold on the title.
I suppose you'd get that, not sure how effective the fatwa would be.
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I was thinking of the point from when the Caliph Uthman was murdered to the point to where Muawiyah took power. So that would encompass the reign of Ali, the rebellion of Aisha and then the battles between Ali and Muawiya and then the Khajarites rebelling assassinating Ali till Hasan was forced out of the Caliphate.
Wow, would that be one heck of a controversial movie ;D
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Quite apart from the danger of fatwa, wouldn't it be morally irresponsible to stir up contraversy? Like the Middle East isn't stirred up enough already?
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Certainly, Muslims have reacted poorly to some things in the past. However, those things usually were directly insulting. Such as showing a picture of Muhammed with a bomb for a hat, or showing women that suffer under Islam.
And certainly, both sides could be shown to be sympathetic as both sides did have understandable goals. While it's likely that some cleric would get angry, it doesn't seem that large scale violence would break out if efforts were taken not to offend.
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In those simple times there was a great wonder and mystery in life. Man walked in fear and solemnity, with Heaven very close above his head, and Hell below his very feet. God's visible hand was everywhere, in the rainbow and the comet, in the thunder and the wind. The Devil too raged openly upon the earth; he skulked behind the hedge-rows in the gloaming; he laughed loudly in the night-time; he clawed the dying sinner, pounced on the unbaptized babe, and twisted the limbs of the epileptic. A foul fiend slunk ever by a man's side and whispered villainies in his ear, while above him there hovered an angel of grace . . .
Arthur Conan Doyle
I don't know. Provided it was done properly, it would shed light on divisions and factionalism. For most people (me included) it could be very educational and informative.
How much of the history is solid/contentious? That divide is really important.
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I can understand that reasoning but I'm not sure it's reason not to do a film. "Jesus Christ Superstar" was controversial to a far greater extent that most likely movies treating the beginning of the Ummayids would try to be. I bet Hollywood (or "Bollywood" or any number of non-American film companies) could do the story without going to the level of offensiveness of equating Muhammed or Islam with Terrorism. Personally I suspect Ali would be the "good guy" if it were a Hollywood film. Americans always do like their underdogs (A prejudice I'm by no means immune to).
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