Recently Noori from Mumbai based Raza Academy issued a
fatwa against Academy award winning composer AR Rahman for scoring music for Muhammad: Messenger of God directed by well known Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi.
According to reports the Raza Academy is reported to have said, “It is
nothing short of a crime to make a film on the Prophet, dramatizing his
life and using non-Muslim actors... Making such a film is making a
mockery of religion".
Reacting to the this issue, AR Rahman in his official Facebook page had issued a following statement.
"This letter is for all those people who have been aware of the recent events concerning me. I am not a scholar of Islam. I follow the middle path and am part traditionalist and part rationalist.
I live in the Western and Eastern worlds and try to love all people for what they are without judging them.
I didn’t direct or produce the movie “Muhammad (PBUH), Messenger of God”, I just did the music. My spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and I would prefer not to share these.
Mr. Noori, a member of the Raza Academy has said in an interview featured in “The Bayside Journal” why he believes it is important to voice a complaint.
Mr. Noori, “See, as Muslims we have to do something about it since it is against our religion so that tomorrow, if and when, we face Allah, He doesn’t say that you didn’t do anything to stop this from happening. So we have to try.”
My decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith and with no intention of causing offence. In fact the decision was based on a similar point of view as expressed my Mr. Noori. What and if I had the good fortune of facing Allah (Sbt) and He were to ask me on Judgment Day:
Reacting to the this issue, AR Rahman in his official Facebook page had issued a following statement.
"This letter is for all those people who have been aware of the recent events concerning me. I am not a scholar of Islam. I follow the middle path and am part traditionalist and part rationalist.
I live in the Western and Eastern worlds and try to love all people for what they are without judging them.
I didn’t direct or produce the movie “Muhammad (PBUH), Messenger of God”, I just did the music. My spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and I would prefer not to share these.
Mr. Noori, a member of the Raza Academy has said in an interview featured in “The Bayside Journal” why he believes it is important to voice a complaint.
Mr. Noori, “See, as Muslims we have to do something about it since it is against our religion so that tomorrow, if and when, we face Allah, He doesn’t say that you didn’t do anything to stop this from happening. So we have to try.”
My decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith and with no intention of causing offence. In fact the decision was based on a similar point of view as expressed my Mr. Noori. What and if I had the good fortune of facing Allah (Sbt) and He were to ask me on Judgment Day:
“I
gave you faith, talent, money, fame and health… why did you not do
music for my Beloved Muhammad (sals) film? A film whose intention is to
unite humanity, clear misconceptions and spread my message that life is
about kindness, about uplifting the poor and living in the service of
humanity and not mercilessly killing innocents in my name.”
Today there is a blur between the real world and the virtual world and I have been taken aback to see that for some years now, unethical, unacceptable and unkind remarks are made online concerning the Holy Prophet. These abhorrent comments are no doubt due to a lack of understanding. I have always felt that we must counter this reaction with love and kindness and through the audio visual media reach out to people who wish to broaden their understanding.
We are indeed fortunate and blessed to live in a country like India where religious freedom is practiced and where the aim of all communities is to live in peace and harmony sans confusion and violence.
Let us set a precedent in clearing conflict with grace and dignity and not trigger violence in words or actions.
Let us pray for forgiveness and from our hearts bless those who suffer in the world and bless the country that we live in. To so pray is to reflect the noble and enlightened nature of our Beloved Muhammad (PBUH)".
We all know A R Rahman over the years. He is very religious person. He will not involve something that hearts the sentiment of any religion or its people. He is pride of India. He is the composer who caught the attention of the world through his music. He took the Indian music to the world stage.
we should always support him and encourage him to go more international, spreading our music instead of troubling him like this. music is a very creative and sensitive thing. so is the musician. even a small negative thing can affect them very badly. I can imagine how much this issue might have affected A R Rahman.
A R Rahman constantly trying to spread love and affection through his music. He strongly believes that music can bring together the hearts people of different region, community, race.
So please don't trouble him creating this kind of issues.
Today there is a blur between the real world and the virtual world and I have been taken aback to see that for some years now, unethical, unacceptable and unkind remarks are made online concerning the Holy Prophet. These abhorrent comments are no doubt due to a lack of understanding. I have always felt that we must counter this reaction with love and kindness and through the audio visual media reach out to people who wish to broaden their understanding.
We are indeed fortunate and blessed to live in a country like India where religious freedom is practiced and where the aim of all communities is to live in peace and harmony sans confusion and violence.
Let us set a precedent in clearing conflict with grace and dignity and not trigger violence in words or actions.
Let us pray for forgiveness and from our hearts bless those who suffer in the world and bless the country that we live in. To so pray is to reflect the noble and enlightened nature of our Beloved Muhammad (PBUH)".
We all know A R Rahman over the years. He is very religious person. He will not involve something that hearts the sentiment of any religion or its people. He is pride of India. He is the composer who caught the attention of the world through his music. He took the Indian music to the world stage.
we should always support him and encourage him to go more international, spreading our music instead of troubling him like this. music is a very creative and sensitive thing. so is the musician. even a small negative thing can affect them very badly. I can imagine how much this issue might have affected A R Rahman.
A R Rahman constantly trying to spread love and affection through his music. He strongly believes that music can bring together the hearts people of different region, community, race.
So please don't trouble him creating this kind of issues.
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we will always support ARR
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