According to rahyafte (the missionaries and converts website) The council said in a statement that the producers of the film “The Lady of Heaven” say it is about the life of Hazrat Zahra (SA), the beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) but its main objective is fanning the flames of discord and disunity among Muslims.
Referring to the cleric’s background and his ties with British spy services, the statement said the upcoming screening of the movie is taking place in a sensitive time when the Zionist-US enemy is seeking to spread disunity among Islamic schools of thought.
It expressed hope that scholars of all Islamic denominations would remain vigilant in the face of such moves and make efforts to promote kindness, understanding and proximity among all Muslims.
The film, directed by John Stevenson, is scheduled to be released on New Year’s Eve, and it is said to be the first film that tells the life story of Hazrat Zahra.
Many renowned Shia scholars have condemned the movie for its poor background research and inflammatory content.
A few years ago when reports emerged about the production of the film, several Iranian sources of emulation, including Ayatollahs Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani, Nasser Makarem Shirazi, and Hossein Ali Nouri Hamaedani, blacklisted it and called on Muslims to desist from watching or promoting it.
“… all Muslims must know that the messages intended to be conveyed by this film are neither the messages of Islam nor those of the Shia school of thought,” Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said then.
Yassir al-Habib is a controversial Shia scholar who currently resides in the UK. He is the head of the Khoddam Al-Mahdi Organization in London, an organization that stormed the Iranian Embassy in the UK a couple of years ago. Before seeking refuge in the UK, Al-Habib was arrested in the early 2000s in Kuwait for inciting Sunni-Shia division. After being pardoned by the Emir of Kuwait in 2004 Al-Habib fled Kuwait, eventually landing in the UK. In 2010 Kuwait revoked his citizenship after he publicly insulted the wife of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Yassir Al-Habib’s statements over the years have been used to cause disunity between Muslims and hatred of Shia Muslims.
source: iqna
