Mumbai-based Sunni Muslim group has issued a Fatwa against celebrated Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi and Indian music composer A R Rahman. The Fatwa, issued by Raza Academy, demands that Muslims reject acclaimed filmmaker Majidi's film titledMuhammad: Messenger of God — first of the trilogy on the life of Prophet Mohammad. The group had also written to Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, seeking a ban on Iranian filmmaker's film.
In the fatwa, they cite as the reason the Prophet's word that no visual or picture of him be created or kept. The Fatwaclaims the film makes a mockery of Islam, and professional actors, including some non-Muslims, have been cast in the key roles. The Fatwa adds that the Muslims working on the film, especially Majidi and Rahman, have thus committed sacrilege and will have to read the 'Kalma' again and also solemnise their marriage again.
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