Muslims new claim..

[Smiddy]

Quoting from the sun...

ANGRY Muslims yesterday complained that films always portrayed them as terrorists and villains — even in the cartoon Aladdin. A string of blockbusters — even those made before Osama Bin Laden’s Twin Towers attack — were accused of giving Islam a “bad name”.
They included the 1981 smash Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Bruce Willis’s The Siege and Halle Berry flick Executive Decision.

Real villain ... terror chief Bin Laden

The Islamic Human Rights Commission polled 1,250 British Muslims and found just four per cent thought they were fairly represented in films.
The commission’s report said Arabs in movies were given “exaggerated and ridiculous accents”.
And it claimed films played a crucial role in “fostering a crude and exaggerated image”.
Chief researcher Arzu Merali said: “You don’t get a good Muslim guy in a movie. This stretches back before the 9/11 attacks in the United States.
“Cinema has helped to demonise Muslims. They are portrayed as violent and backward. That reinforces prejudices.”
The report complained the 1992 Disney cartoon Aladdin gave “good Arabs” American accents.
And it said the film, featuring Arab baddie Jafar, linked Islamic culture with “harsh punishments and oppressive practices”.
The opening song refers to a place where they “cut off your ear if they don’t like your face”.
The Indiana Jones thriller Raiders of the Lost Ark was accused by the commission of using “cultural stereotypes”. It shows veiled women dashing through bazaars with snake-charming music playing in the background.


the 1998 Bruce Willis movie The Siege — about a terror attack on New York — reinforced the “stereotype of the Muslim being violent and ready to be martyred”.
The film “brings into focus some of the worst American fears — Muslims or Arabs attacking the country, murdering men, women and children and attacking the way of life”.
It also hints that “terrorist acts are intrinsic to Islamic beliefs and practices”. The 1996 Halle Berry movie Executive Decision was attacked as “almost defining terrorism as an Islamic ritual”.
The report called for British film censors to be given greater power to cut out “objectionable material”.
And it said media watchdogs should be more effective in making sure Muslims got “responsible coverage”.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007040263,00.html

Thoughts? I think it's a bit of a crazy claim to make myself.

[Axel]

Lol Aladdin doesn't do Jihad...

[GommeInc]

Interesting... Well, Aladdin was made a long time ago and I can't even remember if there was anyone who was Muslim who was bad in it? Or are they talking about Jafar? Who was the same race as everyone else?

If they want films with a good muslim, make them yourselves "/

[Nixt]

Sorry that's just ridiculous. Okay certain films may portray people stereotypically, but they do it with everyone from every race/culture because it makes the film easier to understand.

[DaveTaylor]

is Mr binny Laden even alive still?

PS: borat was racist so to speak againist jews and yes hes jewish thats not the point but all of israel isnt going nuts are they?

[Nixt]

is Mr binny Laden even alive still?

PS: borat was racist so to speak againist jews and yes hes jewish thats not the point but all of israel isnt going nuts are they?

I don't think no one really knows, lol. I think that he is still being looked for though, but he could be dead for all we know.

[Axel]

Muslims are just blowing everything out of proportion.

[F32]

lol @ muslim claims at the minute.

They got burger king to change their boxes on the whoppers becase the symbol on the top looked like the symbol of allah.

But, to be honest; what were they doing eating meat in the first place?

[DaveTaylor]

Knowing Binny he's in america somewhere

[RedStratocas]

Like Christians are any better. There are Christians who claim they see the virgin Mary in a soiled bed sheet. And Christians protested The Da Vinci code, if there were movies about jesus-followers as terrorists, Christians would be just as mad or even more.