Documentary: The Life Of Muhammad(Pbuh) 3/3 BBC

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Documentary: The Life Of Muhammad(Pbuh) 3/3 BBC

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Yet director Faris Kermani has already proved himself respectful to matters Muslim, as his awe-inspiring 2008 documentary ‘The Seven Wonders of the Muslim World’ bore out. And although this new series charts the landmark moments in Muhammad’s life, Kermani appropriately avoids images of the prophet’s face or dramatic reconstructions of events. Instead Al Jazeera English reporter Rageh Omaar makes Muhammad vivid by retracing his footsteps. There’s much to cover.
From his dramatic flight to Medina, to the founding of the Islamic constitution and his military highs and lows, Muhammad had a rich and varied history. Omaar begins his journey in Mecca, Muhammad’s Arabian birthplace, where he investigates the polytheistic, tribal society Muhammad was born into. His marriage to the wealthy older widow Khadija comes under scrutiny. And we learn how Muhammad received the first of his divine revelations and the impact it had on him and his family.
Throughout the series Omaar will be joined by a host of Islamic experts including academics, religious leaders and even a member of the Jordanian royal family. And as we follow Muhammad’s progress, the series will also examine his legacy, looking at Islam’s role in the world today and its attitude to contemporary society.

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Some of this documentary is interesting, but a lot of it is inaccurate and indeed blasphemous according to how you look at it.

The commentators have been deliberately chosen to appeal to a western audience. They are not bearded old imams who don’t speak English well, they have commentators who are university professors, white, women, converts to islam , non-muslims, etc. Some have a very anti-Islam agenda, in particular the Jewish commentator and the feminist muslim woman, but they have dressed up their criticism of Islam and Mohammed so that it is not very obvious.

There are also the standard Sunni comments about Mohammed that bohras refute, like the contention that he was illiterate and came from a family of non-believers, that Abu Bakr was his best friend, etc.