You know I find it ironic that this film shows a sympathetic praise of Islam and yet Muslims threatened to firebomb the theatres because it broke Islamic law with its depiction of Muhammed.

Obviously this film was directed by a Muslim, so it tries to make Islam better than it actually is. For example it tries to make Islam appear to be more liberating for women than it actually is since Islam allows polygamy and is strongly against feminism (4 wives is the limit though).

Plus it tries to show that Islam was sympathetic towards slaves when Islam also allows slavery. In this film I also find it ironic that a "Christian" Abyssinian king gives the early Muslims refuge against the Arab polytheists and then preceeds to tell the Muslims "the difference between us is like this line in the sand (as if seeing Jesus Christ as a prophet and seeing him as the Son of God and the Messiah is somehow the same) when Islam would be Christianity's greatest foe, and not simple Arab polytheists, so it seems the differences were more than just a "line in the sand." :wink:

I guess this film does show some of Islam's barbarism in that the Muslims slaughter their enemies and shout out, "Allahu Ackbar!" which shows jihad, or holy war against the infidel where Paradise is priomised for Muslims (interestingly in Islamic theology it is Christ who judges mankind, not Muhammed, which comes from Christian thought).

Now before anyone calls me a "neo-con" here or whatnot I'd like to point out I agree with Islam's traditional views and I oppose the neoconservative thought of invading Muslim nations, but let us not forget that Islam is barbaric and inferior to Christianity. I also realize of course that Christians once burned and beheaded using the same reasoning of their religion being superior.

In the bible, the devil is often compared to a snake or a dragon. In history, Christendom has had two great scourges that represent the snake and the dragon. The тαℓмυdic Jєωs are like the cunning serpent with their sneaky methods of warfare and subterfuge. The muslims are like the great dragon that wars with its enemy with fire and great strength.