Sunday, May 16, 2004

"Passion" back in the news

The Lebanese Islamist resistance group Hizb Allah is mimicking the trailer from Mel Gibson's controversial crucifixion epic, The Passion of the Christ, to highlight the suffering of Iraqis under US occupation.

An official at Hizb Allah's television station, al-Manar, said on Saturday its version of the movie trailer, titled, The Passion of the Iraqis, borrowed on a "universal theme" to get its message out.

The 40-second clip shows Iraqi prisoners' torture at the hands of occupation troops as parallel to the torture of Jesus Christ at the hands of the Romans and the Jews.

...The Passion of the Christ received an exceptionally warm welcome in the mainly Muslim Arab world, drawing large audiences in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt, which usually bans movies depicting any of the prophets recognised by Islam.
  Aljazeera article

So, is Mel Gibson a terrorist?