Islamic Republic of Iran suspects BBC doc on Prophet Muhammad (S)

Iran is suspicious about the documentary “The Life of Muhammad (S)” being lined up by the BBC.
“BBC’s decision to make a documentary on the life of Prophet Muhammad (S) seems dubious and if our suspicions are proved to be correct, we will certainly take serious action,” Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini told the Persian service of the Fars News Agency on Monday.

“This objection will undoubtedly not be limited to Iran as other Islamic countries will certainly react as well,” he remarked.

BBC is producing the three-part documentary presented by the ex-BBC reporter Rageh Omaar. It re-traces the footsteps of the Prophet Muhammad (S) from his humble beginnings in Mecca, to his struggle with accepting his Prophetic role, his flight to Medina, to the founding of the first Islamic constitution, Variety reported several days ago.

“What the enemy is trying to do in ruining the Muslims’ sanctity is definitely much more than causing us to react and unfortunately, some Islamic countries are not taking this issue seriously,” he explained, adding that we need to find ways to know what is lying behind their intentions,” Hosseini said.

“One way to show objections is to express condemnation of the West over their despicable actions, but we need to take some serious steps ourselves to introduce the Prophet Muhammad (S),” he noted.

“Of course Iran is currently producing several projects such as films, TV series, and books on Prophet Muhammad (S), but we need to accelerate the output rate of productions of these types,” he added.

Filmed on locations in Saudi Arabia, Jerusalem, Turkey, Syria, the U.S., the UK and Jordan, the series includes comments from specialist thinkers and commentators on Islam, the Variety report explained.

In keeping with Islamic tradition, the doc does not depict any images of Muhammad’s face, or feature any dramatic reconstructions of his life.

The program will debut on BBC2 in mid-July.