Movie review

1. In The Name Of ALLAH, The Most
Beneficent, The Most Merciful

2. MOVIE REVIEW
By Asif Ghazi (MSC Peace & Conflict Studies NDU Islamabad)

3. MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE
TITLE OF THE MOVIE - THE MESSAGE
YEAR OF RELEASE - 9 MAR, 1976
CAST - ANTHONY QUINN (HAMZA), IRENE PAPAS (HIND),
MICHAEL ANSARA (ABU SOFYAN), JOHNNY SEKKA
(BILAL), MICHAEL FOREST (KHALID), DAMIEN
THOMAS (ZAID), MARTIN BENSON (ABU JAHAL)

4. DIRECTOR
MOUSTAPHA
AKKAD
(JUL 1930- NOV 05)
HE WAS SYRIAN
AMERICAN FILM
PRODUCER AND
DIRECTOR
BEST PRODUCTIONS
•HOLLWEEN FILMS
AND DIRECTING THE
MESSAGE
•LION OF DESERT
(UMMER MUKHTAR)
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

5. “Being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt
that it was my obligation my duty to tell the
truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700
million following, yet it's so little known about it
which surprised me. I thought I should tell the
story that will bring this bridge, this gap to the
west”
“Saladin exactly portrays Islam. Right now, Islam
is portrayed as a terrorist religion. Because a few
terrorists are Muslims, the whole religion has
that image. If there ever was a religious war full
of terror, it was the Crusades. But you can't
blame christianity because a few adventurers did
this”
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

6. MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

7. DETAILS OF
PLOT / STORY
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

8. MOVIE STARTS WITH EARLY LIFE STYLE
OF NON-BELIEVERS OF MAKKAH
FILM FOLLOWS MUHAMMAD’S
(PBUH) FIRST YEAR AS PROPHET
ATROCITIES ON THE MUSLIMS BY THE
NON-BELIEVERS
MIGRATION TO HABSH
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

9. SOCIAL
BYCOTT OF
THE
MUSLIMS
MIGRATION
TO MADINA
UNIQUE
EXAMPLE OF
BROTHERHOOD
AND
COOPERATION
BETWEEN
MUHAJER AND
INSAR
CONSTRUCTION
OF MASJAD-E-
NABVI AND LIFE
IN MADINA
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

10. • BATTLE OF BADR
• BATTLE OF UHUD AND ROLE OF KHALID-BIN-WALEED
• PACT OF SULAH-E-HADAIBIA
• CONQUEST OF MAKKAH
• PROPHET (PBUH) FAMOUS KHUTBA HAJJ-UL-WIDDA
MOVIE REVIEW - THE MESSAGE

11. ANALYSIS

12. TYPES OF VIOLENCES SHOWN
IN THE MOVIE
STRUCTURAL
VIOLENCE
CULTURAL
VIOLENCE
SOCIAL
VIOLENCE
JUST WAR
(DIRECT
VIOLENCE)

13. PEACE THROUGH
SOCIAL AND
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
(KHUTBA HAJ-UL-WIDA)
POSITIVE PEACE
MESSAGES IN THE MOVIE

14. PRINCIPLES OF WAR LAID BY THE HOLY PROPHET
YOU WILL NOT HARM WOMEN, CHILDREN AND
OLD PEOPLE
YOU WILL NOT HARM MEN WORKING IN THE
FIELDS
YOU WILL NOT CUT TREES
YOU WILL ONLY FIGHT WITH THOSE WHO WILL
PICK UP SWORD AGAINST YOU
TREATMENT WITH PRISONERS OF WAR
MESSAGES IN THE MOVIE