"I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Beside all this I think there was something personal; being a Muslim myself who lived in the West, I felt that it was my obligation, my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about, which surprised me. I thought I should tell the story that will bring this bridge, this gap to the West."
- Mustapha Al-Akkad in a 1976 interview about "The Message"
I watched "the Message" a hudred times when I was a kid. I can still recite whole parts of the movie and I have many of the scenes copied in my mind. Just like I were watching it right now, I can imagine the scene where Muslim troops, all dressed up in peaceful white, enter pagan Mecca and announce that no soul will be harmed and no blood will be shed. Mustapha Al-Akkad excelled in representing the life of Muhammad (PBUH) and his true teachings of love, peace, tolerance and forgiveness.
May the soul of Mustapha Al-Akkad rest in peace and may God's punishment fall upon those who killed him and all those who support them.
Links:
Akkad or Zarqawi? (Ar)
Testimonials about Mustapha Al-Akkad (Ar, PDF file)
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