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Pastor Terry Jones and an alleged Muslim
apostate have collaborated to produce a new film
on the Muslim Prophet, Muhammad [peace be
upon him]. The film was uploaded to popular
video sharing website, Youtube, earlier on the
15th of December. Pastor Terry Jones and FFI’s
Ali Sina have been promoting this film as a ‘must
see’, where it is allegedly supposed to have
‘exposed Islam and its Prophet’. I sat and
watched the “movie ” earlier today and this is my
review.
Terry Jones in the Movie's
Introduction
It must be noted that I watched the English
version as uploaded on Terry Jones’ Youtube
account. This is not a movie, it’s a bad
cartoon. If you were expecting something of
better quality than the failed Coptic movie which
caused vast and violent riots worldwide earlier
this year, then by all means, lower your hopes.
The ‘film’ is marginally better and can best be
described as a badly narrated picture slideshow of
Arab men with the name Muhammad [peace be
upon him] cut and pasted unto the images. The
video quality seems very low and poorly done,
and I am very certain that the editing was done
by an amateur. The slides and images seem to
have been taken from Google Images and are
repeated throughout the slideshow to the extent
that you’ll probably end up spending 1 hour and
12 minutes seeing the same images about 20
times each.
If the imagery doesn’t throw you off, then the
narration definitely would. When news first broke
of this new ‘film’, I expected a higher quality,
robust, well produced movie, yet, what I got in the
English version is the exact opposite. This ‘film’ is
so bad, the English narrator struggles to speak…
English! His accent, intonation and tone, definitely
indicates that his first language is not English. I
really have to ask Terry Jones, if you are doing a
movie in English, why not use someone whose
first language is English? Instead, the person
narrating the ‘ slideshow‘, struggles throughout,
which creates an off putting sensation as you can
literally feel the person forcing himself to cope
with his manoeuvring of the English language. In
addition to this, there is some music in the
background, and it’s bad. It’s as if they stole
everything they used in this ‘ slideshow‘, from the
internet. The music is a gimped version of
Hollywood styled Arabian jingles and it is
repeated so often, it conjures a great resemblance
to the annoying task of having to wait on the
phone to speak to an insurance agent or
customer care service representative, while that
horrible background music is played. I couldn’t
get past the first 10 minutes without struggling to
watch it, and I spent the first 5 minutes trying not
to have a headache from the deplorable narration
and music.
The information presented is not historical and
borders on fiction. It was during the first 10
minutes, that I recalled the producer of the film,
i.e. the alleged apostate, posted on FFI indicating
he was a long time fan of Ali Sina. From this,
based on my reading of FFI’s Ali Sina’s book,
“Understanding Muhammad: A Psychobiography
of Allah’s Prophet “, it hit me that the ‘ producer‘
basically summarized Ali Sina’s book and was
narrating it. That literary work in itself is highly
flawed and not based on proper study. Ali Sina’s
work simply takes from Ibn Ishaq’s Seerah and
focuses on the violent passages within (which due
to proper literary criticism are found to be highly
doubtful), and from this, he concludes that the
Muslim Prophet had numerous illnesses and
diseases etc, essentially it’s a book meant to
insult the Prophet of Islam, not an academic
work. What’s worse is that Ali Sina actually
invents stories and tries to develop it into a
narrative. The book is so bad and the author was
so desperate to insult the Islamic Prophet, that
Ali Sina who is not a psychologist, labelled it a
‘ psychobiography ‘, I prefer to refer to it as fiction.
The video’s very source for its information is
therefore very flawed, inconsistent and has no
regard for academic integrity. Thus far, the video
quality consists of:
1. Google Images of Arab Cartoon Men.
2. Google Images of an Arabian Map.
3. Pictures of Muhammad [peace be upon him]
are the name Muhammad cut and paste on
the Arab cartoon men.
4. Arab themed jingle music most likely stolen
from the internet.
5. An English narrator whose first language is
not English.
6. An ahistorical and non-academic source for
the slideshow’s content.
Do I think this movie will cause riots? To be quite
honest, I think it’d cause suicides based on how
bad it is. Thank God I had pain killers to numb
the effects of the narrators voice, bad music, poor
cut and paste images and especially from the
ridiculous use of a non-academic source. Should
Muslims watch it? It clearly is supposed to be
about the Muslim Prophet, but the images, nor
the history would have you think that much. The
only thing that would indicate it was about the
Islamic faith is Pastor Terry Jones’ introduction
before the movie, along with a few passages of
the Qur’an at the beginning of the ‘slideshow’. I
certainly don’t think that this ‘ movie ‘ – I insist on
calling it a slideshow, is going to change the
world, make any Muslim apostate, or convince
anyone of anything, but it will serve to reinforce
the notion that Islamophobes have a long way to
go before anyone would be willing to accept their
works as anything more than amateur-like and
polemical.
Pros & Cons:
+ I reviewed it to save you wasting 1 hour and 12
minutes of your life.
– It’s on Youtube (this was a pro, until I
remembered how awful the new layout is).
– Features Terry Jones.
– Horrible imagery.
– Bad editing and videography.
– Lacks academic sources and study.
– Horrible audio.
– Horrible narrator.
Please consider purchasing pain killers before
watching this video, it will make you sick from
how bad it is. In closing, I would like to mention
how ironic it is, that the very man they try to
insult and use disparaging images of, they have
no clue of how he looked or what he sounded
like, therefore their representations of him are not
of the actual Islamic Prophet, but of a created
man who has the name Muhammad, a production
based on their imaginations, not of the real man
himself. That reminds me of a pertinent
hadith. The Quraysh out of their great hatred for
the Prophet (peace be upon him) used to refer to
him as “Mudhammam”, which means “the
condemned/defamed one” instead of his name
“Muhammad”, which means “the praised one”.
In response the Prophet (peace be upon him)
said:
ﺃﻻ ﺗﻌﺠﺒﻮﻥ ﻛﻴﻒ ﻳﺼﺮﻑ ﺍﻟﻠﻪ ﻋﻨﻲ ﺷﺘﻢ ﻗﺮﻳﺶ ﻭﻟﻌﻨﻬﻢ
ﻳﺸﺘﻤﻮﻥ ﻣﺬﻣﻤﺎ ﻭﻳﻠﻌﻨﻮﻥ ﻣﺬﻣﻤﺎ ﻭﺃﻧﺎ ﻣﺤﻤﺪ
“Doesn’t it astonish you how Allah protects me
from the Quraish’s abusing and cursing? They
abuse Mudhammam and curse Mudhammam
while I am Muhammad (and not
Mudhammam)” [Saheeh Bukhari, Volume 4, Book
56, Number 733].
callingchristians.com/2012/12/15/movie-review-the-innocent-prophet/

Good Morning My Fellow Naira landers. I have brought to you a matter that is really baffling me. I happened to be a victim of an accident a month ago and I am currently on admission in UITH Ilorin. it's been five days now that the health workers had embark on an indefinite strike and the hospital has been left like a cemetery. I was supposed to be operated that very week but this strike has hindered me. People are dying and am also in pain. So what baffles me is that I have been listening to news since the day the strike commenced and nobody is talking about it. Just like nothing happened. I checked here though the FP only but nothing about the strike too. Pls what is happening, why is nobody talking about this strike. Are the medias unaware or something?

phlemzy: But there's somthin i cant really describe about his look in dat poster compared to the regular politicians' posters we see. I think dat face fits better on audio CD pack. Just my view tho!

Seconded

But...Before that great day and before that great scene, there is a moment in which a person goes from the world of deceit to the world of evil or the world of Happiness. It is a moment out of moments which is recorded for a servant that He goes to that day. That moment which he takes his last glance at the Sons and Daughters, and the brothers and sisters. He takes his last glance at this world and it shows on his face marks of the stupor (of death) and the cries comes from the innermost of his heart.It is a moment which the disbeliever will believe in and the immoral will be sure of. It is a moment when a person will know the wretchedness of this world. It is the moment when a person will feel that he overindulged over (the right of) Allah. It is the moment when a person will regret for every second he overindulged over Allah. He calls on Him "O Lord,O Lord "Take me back perhaps I may do good in what I left behind.
It is the critical moment, and the deciding hour which the messenger of Allah, I mean "Angel of Death" comes. So that he may call and I wish I felt it would be the call of pleasure or a Call to Hell-Fire.And I wish I felt it would be said to me ,O reassured soul, return to your Lord,well pleased and pleasing (to Him).
I wish I felt in that hour...and in one moment, the soul surrenders to its Lord. And Leg will be joined with another leg (shrouded). To your Lord that day will be the procession. (75:28-29).....
Over there, the slave will feel like its a strange world,Strange and terrifying homes. LA illaha illa Allah, in one moment from the home of shames to the home of eternal pleasure. La illaha illa Allah, in one moment, from the tightness of this world to the wideness of the hereafter. And in one moment, from neighboring the wicked ones to neighboring the Only One...The Subduer.
In a moment,where you don't expect, the death has no particular place, no certain time, no particular reason and no of a certain age. It comes to you SUDDENLY while you do not perceive. "And the intoxication of death, will bring the truth. That is what you were trying to avoid" (Sutatu Qof,surah 50,Haya 19).

Anybody here knows how to E-arrest someone.....Cos this Shewa of a girl needs to be in detention and grounded..... I so hate Rumour mongering.

qudusopeyemi: Reminisce and wizkid eleniyan
Fetan yen le gberegede mofe wole month wa n be mo tun sheku bi cement ton fi n kole

Mhen! Guy,whats all dis shit na?

Why is it nobody talking about Olamide vs MI??...Frm Ola...''somebody wants to die,why? O de le je (it might be) MI''...But MI no reply sha.

simon gonner: M.I vs Kelly Handsom..M.I wins..The super Eagles neva play against the Falcons..

My guess is you haven't heard kelly reply...Here are some line...African rapper number zero,you and ur jagz go faggo wago wago.Black boy short like a Maltina bottle.Here is the line I love...My name like a broken bottle,ha chuku chuku(stab you)...You whole Album sounds like a mixed tape,flavour on d track was only ur escapf...I swear kelly murdered Abaga.

TechWalker007: Now you sound more like it. An APC stooge.

Should you hear yourself,you would prefer beign deaf.CAUSE YOU SOUND WORSE.

TechWalker007: After the bolded in red, the other bolded is a blatant lie. Only APC deluded folks talk like that.

F.Y.M, I can see u are delirious.I wish I could save you from your delusion.

Afterall,its a crying nation. But its disappointing that some people are laughing,and they want the Nigerian ship to capsize and sink like the Titanic with just only one survivour....Government. But a day will come when the poor will have nothing to eat but the rich.

Sincere 9gerian: Absolute thrash! And what was the BENEFIT of PLAYING TO THE GALLERY and sacking those you listed? Did it lead to stable electricity, better roads, better aviation sector, restoration of rail transport system, improved infrastructural development in our schools, reduced unemployment, reduced poverty,etc?

And most importantly, did the sack of those people reduce corruption in the country then? Did it stop or reduce the ghost workers syndrome? Did it stop the Halliburton and Seimens bribery scandal (linked directly to the presidency)? Did it stop electoral fraud, which is considered by many as the GREATEST form of corruption? How did it help in the alleged misappropriation of $16 billion in the NIPP power projects? How did it help in the alleged N50 million per legislator 3rd term bribery scandal that rocked the NASS? And so and so forth.

And how much really (in terms of naira and kobo) did Nigeria save as a result of the sack of those people? And where was the extra funds, if any, invested? Was it in roads, railways, Airports, hospitals, schools,etc?

Now lets compare the OBJ PLAYING TO THE GALLERY strategy of fighting corruption and the current president's SYSTEMATIC strategy of fighting corruption.

1. The Biometric based integrated pay roll system instituted by this govt has saved the nation a whopping N120 billion annually, which was lost in the past to Ghost workers. The benefit from this alone, exceeds whatever would have been gained by playing to the gallery.

2. Transparent privatisation of PHCN. This singular measure has completely freed that sector from public sector corruption. The govt contracts,bribery, etc are gone for good.

3. Eradication of the fraudulent fertilizer subsidy scheme. The Growth Enhancement Scheme (GES) instituted by this govt eradicated DECADES of fraud in the fertilizer distribution system. Farmers registered under the scheme now receive their fertilizer via mobile phones. Govt no longer awards contract for fertilizer purchase. No wonder the agric minister was recently made FORBES MAN OF THE YEAR 2013.

4. Removal of fuel subsidy. The complete removal of fuel subsidy would have COMPLETELY eradicated the fraud in that area. Unfortunately, the protest stalled the whole thing.

5. FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. This for me is the greatest tool for fighting corruption. Leaders who are truely elected by the people tend to be more ACCOUNTABLE to the people. This is what this govt has done through free and fair elections.

6. Passage of Freedom of Information bill. This law further enhances transparency in govt. Past govt refused to pass this law.

And so on and so forth. These are in addition to whatever the EFCC and ICPC are doing.

Now, Nigerians should choose between PLAYING TO THE GALLERY in disguise of fighting corruption and fighting corruption using SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY.

Pls sir,if I may ask.Where are the refineries we were promised to build if fuel subsidy is removed??Instead,what we get is plan to sell our refinery.The mass transit is also no where to be found.Privatalization of PHCN Without paying off the workers,thats ridiculous. Sir,Mr Jonathan only show on papers that life is going to be good. We were promised but not fulfilled.

TechWalker007: Let me get something.
APC stooges in Nairaland claim GEJ has lost all support from Nigerians hence he cannot win any credible election yet you also cannot wait patiently till 2015 because you actually don't believe that. Hence your call for coup?
Very funny bunch of folks living in delusion, self denial and bitterness.

Are you from Apes planet outside the universe or something which is why you seem not to know how much the large Nigeria population resents Jonathan F.Y.I......I am no fan of any political party.

nairaman66: I completely agree to this.. He'll be IMPEACHED come January!!

COUP Is not about IMPEACHMENT, Its taking over the government forcefully,could be bloodless or d opposite.Buh I foresee a bloody coup,where Jonathan head hangs on a spike along with his fellow looters!

igbeke: after all these, wat is d way forward?

....REVOLUTION

Why is anybody not talking about been paid and the pay grade. Doesn't seems to be a volunteer job or is it?

Well Sha God dey, Rich man wey thief money dem no dey show face for crime fighter.God pls deliver Nigeria before it gets late.

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