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Source: http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/6414.htm
Anger in Arab World over Iranian Films Depicting Life of Prophet Muhammad
(MEMRI) In July 2011, Iranian filmmakers announced a plan to create a film trilogy about the life of the Prophet Muhammad - the first feature films about the Prophet ever to be made in the Muslim world. The announcement sparked controversy in Muslim countries, in light of fatwas that prohibit any depiction of Muhammad and other prominent figures from early Islam in works of art. The filmmakers recently announced that the filming of the first movie, depicting Muhammad's childhood, has been completed; this evoked a new wave of condemnation from clerics, especially in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where columnists attacked Iran and called on Muslims to prevent the film's distribution.