Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

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Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by aufbahrung » Wed Jun 08, 2022 7:44 am

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61729392

Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Cineworld has cancelled all UK screenings of a film about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, after it prompted protests outside some cinemas.

The cinema chain said it made the decision "to ensure the safety of our staff and customers".

More than 120,000 people have signed a petition for The Lady of Heaven film to be pulled from UK cinemas.

The Bolton Council of Mosques called the film "blasphemous" and sectarian.

But a House of Lords peer called the decision "disastrous for the arts [and] dangerous for free speech".

In an email to Cineworld, reported by the Bolton News, chairman Asif Patel said the film was "underpinned with a sectarian ideology" and "misrepresents orthodox historical narratives and disrespects the most esteemed individuals of Islamic history".

It came after more than 100 people protested against the film outside the cinema earlier this week, the newspaper reported.

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Re: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by NineBerry » Wed Jun 08, 2022 8:01 am

More than 100 people? Yawn.



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Post by aufbahrung » Wed Jun 08, 2022 11:02 am

These are the sort who explode on being offended. A hundred is lot when any one of them might be offended beyond their bodily limits.
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Re: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by JimC » Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:25 am

They can all get stuffed...
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Re: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by Animavore » Fri Jun 10, 2022 7:00 am

The funny thing is from what I can tell from the reviews this is a bad movie. A muddled mess apparently. It probably would've been quickly forgotten but instead a lot of people will now seek this movie to watch out of spite and will sit through a bad movie to make a point.

This is not The Life of Brian by any stretch. What a hill to die on.
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Re: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by laklak » Fri Jun 10, 2022 8:14 am

As long as we keep pandering to these medieval assholes they'll never stop. Tell them to shove it up the Prophet's Holy Ass.
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Re: Cineworld cancels The Lady of Heaven film screenings after protests

Post by Svartalf » Wed Jun 15, 2022 11:12 am

JimC wrote:
Thu Jun 09, 2022 9:25 am
They can all get stuffed...
I'll gladly sfuff their young women for them.
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