SouthernN'Proud
Southern Discomfort
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Professors at the Sunni Muslim world's most influential university, Al-Azhar in Cairo, say an Egyptian filmmaker cannot make a film about the life of Jesus Christ because it's against the rules to produce any depictions of any prophet, according to Middle East Online.
Abdel Mooti Bayumi, an Al-Azhar professor, said the institution has made its position very clear. "Al-Azhar rejects the depiction of Jesus in a film because Christ is not only the prophet of the Christians but also present in Islam," he said.
But the film's producers are scratching their heads, wondering what gives anyone at Al-Azhar the right to say anything about the film.
"Al-Azhar does not have the right to intervene in something which concerns the Christians, otherwise it would have to tear down the icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary from churches," said scriptwriter Fayez Ghali. "Christian dogma does not prohibit the depiction of Christ, so what gives Al-Azhar the right to intervene?
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When y'all get this sorted out, call me. I'll be at the Roost.
Professors at the Sunni Muslim world's most influential university, Al-Azhar in Cairo, say an Egyptian filmmaker cannot make a film about the life of Jesus Christ because it's against the rules to produce any depictions of any prophet, according to Middle East Online.
Abdel Mooti Bayumi, an Al-Azhar professor, said the institution has made its position very clear. "Al-Azhar rejects the depiction of Jesus in a film because Christ is not only the prophet of the Christians but also present in Islam," he said.
But the film's producers are scratching their heads, wondering what gives anyone at Al-Azhar the right to say anything about the film.
"Al-Azhar does not have the right to intervene in something which concerns the Christians, otherwise it would have to tear down the icons of Christ and the Virgin Mary from churches," said scriptwriter Fayez Ghali. "Christian dogma does not prohibit the depiction of Christ, so what gives Al-Azhar the right to intervene?
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When y'all get this sorted out, call me. I'll be at the Roost.