{
 "id": "screen/al-risala-1976",
 "class": "screen",
 "slug": "al-risala-1976",
 "label": {
  "en": "The Message",
  "ar": "الرسالة"
 },
 "summary": {
  "en": "Epic film about the birth of Islam, shot in separate Arabic and English versions with different casts; the Prophet is never shown or heard.",
  "ar": "فيلم ملحمي عن ميلاد الإسلام، صُوِّر بنسختين عربية وإنجليزية بممثلين مختلفين، ولا يُرى فيه النبي ولا يُسمع."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [
  "words",
  "today"
 ],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "images-of-islam",
  "images-and-figural-art"
 ],
 "data": {
  "format": "film",
  "relevance": "primary",
  "titles": [
   {
    "lang": "ar",
    "value": "الرسالة",
    "kind": "original"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "The Message",
    "kind": "original",
    "note": "Released first as Mohammad, Messenger of God"
   },
   {
    "lang": "tr",
    "value": "Çağrı",
    "kind": "dubbed"
   }
  ],
  "released": {
   "edtf": "1976",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  },
  "countries": [
   "lb",
   "ly",
   "kw",
   "ma",
   "gb"
  ],
  "languages": {
   "original": [
    "ar",
    "en"
   ],
   "dubbed": [
    "tr"
   ]
  },
  "versions": [
   {
    "lang": "ar",
    "runtime_min": null,
    "note": "Arabic-language version with an Arab cast"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "runtime_min": null,
    "note": "English-language version"
   }
  ],
  "depiction": {
   "prophet": "not-shown",
   "companions": "some-shown",
   "imams": "not-applicable",
   "note": "Scenes addressing the Prophet are filmed from his point of view."
  },
  "approach": "historical-drama",
  "reception": [
   {
    "kind": "approval",
    "by": "al-Azhar, as stated in the film's opening title",
    "date": {
     "edtf": "1976"
    },
    "status": "debated",
    "note": "Later reported as withdrawn. Both statements are to be recorded with sources.",
    "sources": []
   },
   {
    "kind": "objection",
    "by": "Muslim World League",
    "sources": []
   },
   {
    "kind": "ban",
    "where": [
     "sa",
     "eg",
     "kw"
    ],
    "note": "Bans in several countries are reported; their dates and lifting are to be sourced.",
    "sources": []
   }
  ],
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q588464"
  },
  "sources": [],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Claude Sonnet 5.5, from the worked example in docs/plan/12 §4 and §9; every reception entry still needs its sources"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Brief",
     "markdown": "*The Message* (1976) is a feature film about the beginning of Islam. Its makers filmed it twice, in Arabic and in English, and chose never to show or voice the Prophet."
    },
    {
     "heading": "About",
     "markdown": "The film follows the Prophet's mission in Mecca, the migration to Medina, and the battles of Badr and Uhud. Scenes in which the Prophet is addressed are filmed from his point of view."
    },
    {
     "heading": "How it was received",
     "markdown": "The museum records the reception and takes no side. The entries are listed in the facts panel with their status, and each is waiting for its sources before the page can be reviewed."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/al-risala-1976",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "en",
    "translators": []
   }
  }
 },
 "degree": 14,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "person/muhammad",
   "type": "about",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "event/hijra",
   "type": "about",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "event/battle-of-badr",
   "type": "about",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "event/battle-of-uhud",
   "type": "about",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "period/prophetic-era",
   "type": "set_in",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "place/mecca",
   "type": "set_in",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "place/medina",
   "type": "set_in",
   "inverse": false
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "person/umar-ibn-al-khattab",
  "event/hijra",
  "person/muhammad",
  "event/pledges-of-aqaba",
  "group/early-muslims",
  "person/abdullah-ibn-masud",
  "person/aisha",
  "person/saad-ibn-abi-waqqas"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}