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| Critical film unnerves Egypt's religious scholars |
| 2017-01-22 |
| [al-Monitor] Egypt's religious scholars are up in arms over a new film that takes on the nation's sheikhs and mosque preachers. The film, called "Mawlana" ("Preacher"), has been screened at cinemas nationwide since Jan. 4. It has stirred up controversy among Islamic scholars who accuse its makers of tarnishing their reputation and call for it to be pulled from theaters. "Works that address religious texts should be reviewed by religious institutions before being made into films," Shoukri el-Guindi, a member of the parliament's Religious Affairs Committee, wrote on Facebook. "Inside these institutions, there are wise people who love their religion and their homeland, not ones who only follow their personal interests." He said religious scholars should not be turned into film characters and that their sanctity must be respected, asking, "Will the public follow these religious scholars if they are portrayed as lustful figures ... and hypocrites?" |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Sounds like the same problem Jesus had with the Pharisees. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Glogum7220 2017-01-22 19:09 |
| #2 Respect the sanctity of 'religious scholars'? Little more than orators and thespians themselves. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-01-22 09:48 |
| #1 Will the public follow these religious scholars if they are portrayed as lustful figures ... and hypocrites? And here we have the crux of the issue for all things and people, political or religious. . Is it the portrayal, or is it the reality? Everyone written about in any religious text or history book or news paper etc. is being portrayed by someone else. The question is "how close to reality is the portrayal" and how much is the narrative? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-01-22 07:27 |