Question from a non-Muslim regarding children's videos...

[elshiva]

Do Muslim parents show videos of the life of Muhammed to their children? Cartoon versions?
Certainly there are scores of Bible story videos for Jewish and Christian kiddies.

Thanks!

[PsychoDad]

1. Yes,

Here is an example of a recent one.

Muslims make children's flick

Stung by widespread negative media stereotypes, many of America's Muslims will take to mainstream movie theaters to mark the end of their holy month of Ramadan with a groundbreaking, full-length animated feature called "Muhammad: The Last Prophet."
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Directed by Disney veteran Richard Rich, who also directed "The Fox and the Hound," "Muhammad" has relied on scholars from the University of California at Los Angeles, and Georgetown University, as well as others from Al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy in Egypt, who spent nearly two years reviewing it before giving their approval.

Part of Rich's challenge was artistic. Islam prohibits visual representations of its founder. Like other live-action films and documentaries on the prophet's life, the animated film solves the problem by viewing the action from Muhammad's point of view, and by having a narrator read his words from the Quran. An associate of the prophet, Malik, frames the story for his young daughter Siham.

http://www.easternecho.com/cgi-bin/story.cgi?4414

Peace

[elshiva]

4. Thanks! I thought this might be true. I remember also a

report on The Jim Lehrer Hour where they said something about Iranian children's books that illustrate what will happen after the Muslim equivalent of the apocalypse. Certainly, that is a staple for fundamentalist Christians, especially Jehovah's Witnesses. Ever seen this Muslim books?

The film sounds interesting, but I wonder if it really will be played in most US cities.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. The cartoon my brother refers to

is wonderful. I have seen it, and would recommend it not only for children but for adults.

[PsychoDad]

3. I haven't seen it yet...

:(

But I want to, inshallah.

Perhaps I can order it on DVD.

Salaam.