Imam Qari Asim says The Lady of Heaven is ‘derogatory’ and backs those who are protesting for screenings to be cancelled
One of the figures agitating for cinemas to cancel a film accused of “blasphemy” is the Government’s adviser on Islamophobia, The Telegraph can reveal.
Cinema chain Cineworld was forced to cancel screenings of The Lady of Heaven, about the Prophet Mohammed’s daughter, after venues showing the historical epic were picketed by hundreds of Muslim demonstrators.
It has emerged that one of the figures lobbying for screenings to be cancelled is Imam Qari Asim, an independent government advisor on Islamophobia, who has branded the film “derogatory”.
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