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Home Front: Culture Wars
Muslims plan Da Vinci boycott
2006-05-13
The Da Vinci Code, set to open in theatres next week, is a betrayal of Islam and should be boycotted, a Calgary Muslim leader says. Sayed Soharwardy, president of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, said the film and bestselling novel it's based on mocks his religion by questioning one of Islam's most important prophets: Jesus Christ. "Dan Brown used the real Jesus to propagate his fabricated re-search," he said."This kind of movie is not frequent but if we don't stand up to these movies, they'll become more frequent."

The movie, which opens May 19, suggests Jesus had a child with Mary Magdalene and the ancient bloodline still exists, a secret fiercely protected by a sect of the Catholic church. Soharwardy said because the film taints the notion of Jesus -- the most oft-mentioned prophet in the Qur'an -- as pure and sinless, it could convince people the story is real.
Posted by:ryuge

#16  I'm disappointed in Opie - going to the dark side of producing films that will upset and offend MILLIONS. We allow that him that privilige, just like we allow Fred Phelps, flag burners and the Dixie Chunks denigrating promotions. Maybe next Opie will do a film showing the benefits of having slaves or beating women into submission.

I don't care if people watch DVC - but agree with Phil's comment above. If anything - it might make some take a closer look at what Christianity is all about. It's tough to kill a good idea. And as I always sy, no such thing as negative publicity.
Posted by: 2b   2006-05-13 17:36  

#15  I took mojo's comment as a tongue in cheek:)
Posted by: Xenophon   2006-05-13 17:10  

#14  Xenophon, there's a long history of people using fictional works to expound on a particular point of view. I believe _TDVC_ to be one such work. To immediately respond to accusations of innacuracy by hiding behind a "it's only fiction" statement, to me, seems dishonest to me.
Posted by: Phil   2006-05-13 16:23  

#13  "I rarely take my religious instruction from Hollywood"

Neither do I. I also will not "tithe" to them either.
Posted by: Fordesque   2006-05-13 15:01  

#12  The boycott by a vast muslim movie-loving audience will surely bankrupt the Hollywood-industrial complex.
Posted by: ed   2006-05-13 14:32  

#11  Phil, you are correct that this book might be taken to heart by those who did not read the paragraph above the "Library of Congress...." page. "This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, etc.......are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously"

BTW, whose "people like you". Sounds critical. And mojo, the answer is yes, everything not controlled by Islam is fiction:)
Posted by: Xenophon   2006-05-13 13:12  

#10  While I agree with Frank, I wondered if the Muslims would do this.
Posted by: 2b   2006-05-13 13:09  

#9  the book was an entertaining piece of fiction. The movie will probably be the same. So was Mission Impossible 3. Get over yourselves...you have better things to worry about, don't you? I rarely take my religious instruction from Hollywood
Posted by: Frank G   2006-05-13 13:00  

#8  So here's the difference.

Some Christians find The Da Vinci Code to be wholly disrespectful to their religion. Their response: make their anger/disgust/fill-in-emotion-here known, and avoid seeing the movie.

When Muslims don't like their religion treated disrespectfully, they call for murder.

I have a feeling they feel this makes them holier than thou or something...or it makes their religion better.
It doesn't. It simply makes them barbarians. Nothing more.
Posted by: PlanetDan   2006-05-13 12:17  

#7  Well, it's "fiction" that likes to have its cake and eat it too.

Everyone's supposed to talk about what a daring piece of work it is, but as soon as someone brings up a bunch of contradictory facts, people like you start talking about how it's supposed to be fiction...

The book's basically a way of spreading the same sort of pseudohistorical junk as _Holy Blood, Holy Grail_ did, but without actually having to defend its theses and being open to counterargument thanks to the "fiction" label.
Posted by: Phil   2006-05-13 12:02  

#6  These guys do have the concept of "fiction", don't they?
Posted by: mojo   2006-05-13 11:46  

#5  It appears the muzzies don't know "Christ" is not a name, but a title.
I just read the book ($4.29 at Costco) and the story is exciting, but then, I've also read most of the Bible and could see the glaring errors (i.e., the book of Philip in "Aramaic" and found in the Dead Sea Scrolls, c'mon, the Dead Sea Scrolls are pre-Christian). Brown just wove a tale from his imagination.
Anyway, the book was good and now I'm going to see the movie just to spite the complainers.
Posted by: Xenophon   2006-05-13 11:36  

#4  I'm not boycotting it, but I'm not going to bother seeing it.
Posted by: Fred   2006-05-13 11:14  

#3  I don't care, I'm still gonna boycott this piece of crap.
Posted by: Perfessor   2006-05-13 11:01  

#2  ...Oh, now I am just full-goose bozo confused ...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2006-05-13 09:49  

#1  Nice try, Sayed, but I don't think it's going to have the same riot-factor as the cartoons. I just don't see the muzzies getting all that stirred up about Jesus. Now, if you were to get your stinky little hands on some "out-takes" that display Mohammed in a humiliating manner, you might have something. See what you can doctor up.
Posted by: Thinemp Whimble2412   2006-05-13 09:41  

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