“Since the news of its release has been published there has been an uproar in the community and we have been receiving hundred of calls to get the film banned as it is completely blasphemous,” its letter read. On 1 July, Raza Academy, a Sunni Barelvi organisation, had written to Deshmukh saying the film was “completely blasphemous”. Many Bollywood films haven’t aged well either The film is scheduled to release on online platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp, among others.Īlso read: HBO pulls ‘racist’ Gone with the Wind. ThePrint had called and emailed Raza Academy but there has been no response till the time the report was sent for publication. Projection of Prophet is not allowed in Muslim religion. Saeed Noori, president of Raza Academy, has been quoted as saying, “It is an Iranian film and is against the teachings of our religion. But their main objection was that no actor can perform the role of the Prophet,” he said. “Raza Academy, some senior Muslim politicians in Mumbai and a few maulanas asked to stop the release of this film as they feared it could lead to religious tensions.
Speaking to ThePrint Thursday, Deshmukh said the main reason behind the complaint was the fact that no actor can play the role of Prophet Muhammad. New Delhi: Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh has written to Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad, asking for a ban on digital release of the 2015 Iranian movie, Muhammad: The Messenger of God, in India on 21 July.ĭeshmukh’s letter, dated 15 July (Wednesday), was sent following a complaint by Mumbai-based organisation Raza Academy that the film may hurt sentiments of a particular community.
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