- You have said that you would like to make a muslim "Life of Brian".Never mind about offending Muslims, as a Python fan, I am offended! I'd like to point out, that as I understand it, The Life of Brian was not a critique of Jesus, but rather of his followers up to this day.
"Yes, Muhammed is a much more colourful personality than Jesus. Such a film could be a learning instrument for muslims. There are some islamic films but they don't show the image of Muhammed and they are not really about him. They are more about how islam was established. I would really like to make a critical film about him. I could write a script very quickly."
That said, I would defend Hirsi Ali's freedom of speech to the death(no, not litterally!). What I would say, is that what needs to be fought is religious fundamentalism, not Islam.
When would that be:at the time of Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ? Bush's 'crusade'?
If you refrain from making cartoons of Muhammed to accommodate Islamic intolerance, then you will go back to the time of Christian intolerance.
that's not how you spell literally
RépondreSupprimerthancs.
RépondreSupprimerInterestingly, the real fundamentalists are never the one's who give you any trouble because they truly believe their religion and don't care what others do. For some examples, think of the Amish or it the real Orthodox Jews - groups who are not fakers using religion to further their politics.
RépondreSupprimerThe Pat Robertsons and the Osama bin Ladens that we call "fundamentalists" are in a battle with the Other because they are not real believers in the faith. They inwardly believe in other gods and look to kill off others who don't follow their faith to kill off their god. Remember when General Boykin said, "I knew my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God and his was an idol." "My God was bigger than his?" Paging Dr. Freud. An Amish would never have such a thought because he or she would know that there is only his or her God; and others could go on their merry way and believe whatever fantasy they want to believe.