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Comix Books w Islamic Heros to Fight for Moderate Islam
Al-Mutawa's [comic] stories are based on a pivotal moment in Islamic history: The 1258 Mongol invasion of Baghdad...stones in the river to suck up wisdom otherwise lost.Hundreds of years later, the 99 stones are found in different corners of the world by heroes who come from 99 different countries, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, Portugal, Hungary and Indonesia. Jabbar, the Saudi hero, is a Hulk-like figure whose name means "The Powerful." The American hero, Darr, or "The Afflicter," is a young man paralyzed from the waist down when a drunk driver crashed into his car, killing his family. His power is to take away or inflict pain. While al-Mutawa used Islam as the basis for his comics, none of the heroes prays or reads the Quran. that's smart because if they did that, they'd quickly run out of inspiring and moderate verses There is no mention of religion, and the characters are roughly divided between men and women - one of the main figures is Noora, an 18-year-old woman - and only a few of the women in the comics wear the Islamic headscarf. Such moves were calculated, said al-Mutawa. Posted by: mhw 2009-02-16 |
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