List of films about Muhammad

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This is a list of films about the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. Muhammad is the messenger of the monotheistic Abrahamic faith, Islam. Like Jesus, Moses and others before him he is regarded as an integral part of the history of Islam by Muslims worldwide. Numerous films and documentaries have been made about Muhammad. Films produced in the Middle East are not listed here as there are very few depictions of Muhammad in the Arab states owing to certain customs. In recent years portrayals of Muhammad have been controversial, and this was due primarily because of the Danish cartoons, specifically the adulterated inflammatory set widely released in the Middle East.

Two new modernised films are currently being produced, considered the "second of their kind" (referring to western films respecting the portrayal of Muhammad).[1] According to some sources it will be an adaptation of the original 1976 film The Message in which Anthony Quinn starred as Muhammad's uncle Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib.[1][2][3][4] The producer of the "The Matrix" and The Lord of the Rings film trilogy Barrie M. Osborne is attached to produce a new movie about the Prophet Muhammad. The film is financed by a Qatari media company and will be supervised by Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi.[1]

Date Production Company Title Country of Origin References
01977-09-03 September 3, 1977 Moustapha Akkad The Message
  UK  USA [5][6]
[7][8]
[9][10]
02004-11-14 November 14, 2004 Fine Media Group Muhammad: The Last Prophet  USA [5][11]
[12][13]
[14][15]
02002-12-17 December 17, 2002 PBS Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet  USA [16][17]
[18][19]
[20][21]
[22]
Unknown History Channel Muhammad: Biography  UK [23][24]
02000 2000
02005-03-05 March 5, 2005		 PBS Islam: Empire of Faith  USA [25]
[26][27]
[28]
02002-03-12 March 12, 2002 Mpi Home Video Story of Islam  USA [29]
02006-09-25 September 25, 2006 Quantum Leaps; EDS Understanding Islam  Turkey [30]
02005 2005 BBC (BBC Four) An Islamic History of Europe  UK [31][32]
[33]
02004-05-02 May 2, 2004 BBC A Muslim In The Family  UK [34][35]
[36][37]
Unknown BBC The Smell of Paradise  UK [38]
Unknown Unknown Why Did We Choose Islam - The Enlightenment  [[|]]
02004-10-21 October 21, 2004 National Geographic Inside Mecca  USA [39]
Unknown BBC Me and the Mosque  [[|]]
March 2, 2006 Towers Productions Secrets of the Koran - Decoding the Past  USA [40]
Unknown Unknown Muhammad: A Mercy to Mankind  [[|]] [41]
July 18, 2011
July 25, 2011
August 1, 2011		 BBC (BBC Three) The Life of Muhammad  UK [42]

See also

References

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