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Muslim Filmmaker Releases New Film to Counter Islamophobia

A British Muslim filmmaker who worked on โ€œStar Warsโ€ and the โ€œFavouriteโ€ is set to release his first film aimed at countering misconceptions about Islam and giving Muslims a chance to tell their own stories.

Cinematographer Rizwan Wadan kicked off his project in 2019 to โ€œtackle hatred, extremism, and terrorismโ€.

On Wednesday, he will release his film โ€œError in Terrorโ€ and resume a project in which he talks to people in pubs to dispel myths and promote interfaith dialogue.

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โ€œThe biggest stigma, and the biggest cause of division between the Muslim and non-Muslim world, is that our community is tarnished with the brush of terrorism,โ€ Wadan told Arab News.

โ€œIn a fight, youโ€™re supposed to take out the biggest guy first, so I thought before I tackle any other stigmas, I need to first set the record straight on terrorism,โ€ he added.

โ€œI need to make people understand that Islam and Muslims donโ€™t stand for extremism and terrorism. In fact, no religion stands for extremism and terrorism.โ€

Muslim Filmmaker Releases New Film to Counter Islamophobia - About Islam

Clearing Misconceptions

Wadanโ€™s film, produced through his Pixeleyed Pictures company, aims to โ€œseparate Islamic teachings and principles from being associated with terrorism.โ€

He chose to release the film on July 7 on the 13th anniversary of 7/7 London bombings clearly announcing that Islam does not support such attacks.

A similar initiative was taken earlier this year by the Department of Religious Studies at the Memorial University of Newfoundland (MUN) with a project that addresses Islamophobia through media and cinema.

The first film โ€˜Your Last Walk in the Mosqueโ€™ was screened on Jan 29, 2019, where it commemorated the January 2017 Islamophobic terrorist shootings in Quebec. It showed the after-effects of the dreadful incident on the Canadian Muslim victims and their families.

The second film โ€˜14 and Muslimโ€™ was broadcasted on February, 2019.