Mosab Hassan Yousef, who wrote Son of Hamas, gave an interview a few weeks ago where he talked about the fact that many Muslims don’t really understand their prophet Muhammad and that they pledge their allegiances based on a fantasy version of him. He believes that it’s time to set the record straight by creating a movie that tells the true story of Muhammad (watch from 35:00 to 45:00):
Talk about bravery. He’s already translated the Koran into ‘street Arabic’ and next up is a movie. Wow! If Comedy Central got death threats for putting Muhammad in a bear costume and the Danish cartoonist is having to live his life in fear over depicting Muhammad in a cartoon, I can’t imagine how the Muslim world will react to a actual movie telling the true story of Muhammad, especially from someone that had such prominence in the Muslim world. One thing is for sure, Yousef is a man on a mission and I would suggest to Christians that he could certainly use our prayers, especially with this endeavor.
If you want to watch the full interview that runs an hour and 22 minutes, here it is. Watch it soon though because one version of this has already been removed from YouTube.
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UPDATE: I incorrectly asserted that the Danish cartoonist was killed. He is currently still alive.