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‘Bilal: A New Breed of Hero’ – The Reviews are In and Muslims are Pretty Divided

‘Bilal: A New Breed of Hero’ – The Reviews are In and Muslims are Pretty Divided

Last updated on: February 6, 2018 at 11:25 pm by Dilshad Ali

‘Bilal: A New Breed of Hero’ – The Reviews are In and Muslims are Pretty Divided 2018-02-06T23:25:56-04:00 Dilshad Ali

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DEPICTION OF BILAL R.: FAIL!!! – Jameel A. Syed

“I wasn’t going to, but I just can’t let this go!

Not anywhere near or close to the likeliness of the companion, May God be pleased with him as per authenticate historical account.

Millions of dollars spent with I’m sure hiring the best human capital available, and this is what they came up with? Don’t get me wrong, they were going to fall short with whatever was going to be the end product, but this???

[Bilal in the move] looks like a light-skinned runway model of some other ethnic origin (Brown) who just strolled off the catwalk and stepped in on the scene. Not the tall “dark” rugged, war-torn, handsome and fierce warrior that he was as was described by our scholars.

Our master Bilal, may God be pleased with him, had a skin tone that was deeply dark, profound, potent, terrible and beautiful. I loved that about him, the Ummah loves that about him. The Prophetﷺ loved him as he was, and he is favored by the heavens! Yes, understand this! A tall and VERY dark black man will hold the rope of a she-camel and will usher the greatest man to have ever lived ﷺ into paradise (footsteps) — and you want to dilute his image?

I just can’t…

Why this modified version? Is it an upgrade? Does he look better now? More aesthetically appealing to the focus groups!!! Get the **** outta here!

Suffice it to say, I am not amused, not at all

I’m not even going to comment on the rest of the film as this post is harsh enough by my standards. I’m sure the producers had good intentions, and I hope sincerely that may they be rewarded accordingly.

Tackling Veiled Anti-Muslim Bias – Shibli Zaman

“Bilal: A New Breed of Hero” may or may not be a good movie. But from reading the reviews, one thing is for sure: As hard as the producers tried to make it not so overtly Islamic, even though the protagonist is such a major figure in the life of the Prophet Muhammad (‎ﷺ), the film is being treated by critics with a huge amount of barely veiled anti-Muslim bias.

For that reason alone, I plan to take my family to see it, and you should too. Though I hear it’s pretty good, even if it were bland, boring, poorly written, or whatever else, we need to fight the searing hate that America has for us in any form it takes, even if it’s underhanded.

In the end, 20 years from now, these people will all be seen as the bigoted rednecks who refused to allow Blacks to eat at their restaurants in the 50’s. Their grandchildren will be embarrassed of them.

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