Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve and commitment to these ideals stronger. Similarly, it said Egypt's Al Azhar seminary has called for a ban on the movie terming it as "debasing the sanctity of God's messengers".īusiness Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Prominent newspapers in the Gulf have quoted Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Shaikh that the movie is not permitted from a religious point of view, the Raza Academy memo added.
The memorandum said that the film by well-known Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi, released on August 27, is critical of Prophet Muhammad.īased on the early life of the Prophet, the cast includes top Iranian actors, was shot in the city of Qom and in South Africa, the memorandum added.
Raza Academy has sent off the memorandum through email and by post," Noori said. However, upon reaching there, a Mr.Firoz said a meeting with any official was not possible and the same should be sought via an email. "The team had been invited to the consulate to submit the memorandum through a telephonic conversation with a lady official at the consulate, named Ms.Farnaz. In the memorandum, the Raza Academy has demanded that the Iran government ban what it termed as "blasphemous movie" for which Indian Oscar laureate A. Besides Noori, the delegation comprised Syed Abdul Nabi, Salahuddin Mujahid, Nazim and Aiman, which went to the Iranian consulate here on Thursday.