I was interviewed at some length for this documentary; I haven’t seen the finished product yet, but I never had high hopes that my perspective would be given a full or fair hearing. Still, I always think these things are worth doing on the off-chance that the PC dhimmi censors let some bit of the truth slips by that ends up enlightening someone. And the fact that it has the bloodthirsty mullahs of Tehran in a snit is a good sign. More on this story. “Iran threatens ‘serious action’ over BBC plans to screen documentary series on Muslim prophet Muhammad,” from the Daily Mail, July 7 (thanks to all who sent this in):

The BBC is courting controversy with its plans to broadcast a documentary series about Muslim prophet Muhammad.Three-part series The Life of Muhammad has already been blasted by officials in Iran, who claim the country will take ‘serious action’ if it is screened.

The Iranian minister of cultural and Islamic guidance, Mohammad Hosseini, who has yet to watch any of the series, has branded the film an attempt by the ‘enemy’ to ‘ruin Muslims’ sanctity’.

‘The BBC’s decision to make a documentary on the life of [the] prophet Muhammad seems dubious and if our suspicions are proved to be correct, we will certainly take serious action,’ he told Iran’s Fars news agency.

The documentary, to be broadcast in mid-July, just ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in August, will see journalist and TV presenter Rageh Omaar travel to the place of Muhammad’s birth, Mecca, to re-trace the footsteps of the prophet.

However, the series will feature no visual images of Muhammad in a bid not to offend Muslims, whose religion forbids depiction of the prophet.

Instead, a spoken description of Muhammad will be given, making this the first biographical documentary not to feature visual images of the subject.

The documentary will include three episodes, an hour each, on BBC 2.

The film tells the ‘extraordinary story of a man who, in little more than 20 years, changed the world forever’, according to the blurb.

Part of the filming takes place in holy cities Mecca and Medina where non-Muslims are banned from entering.

The first episode looks at the circumstances and society that Muhammad was born into, according to Riazat Butt from the Guardian.

She said that the film follows Muhammad’s childhood and early years when he is orphaned and looked after by his uncle.

‘The documentary does not shy away from contention but doesn’t immerse itself in the details either,’ said Ms Butt, who saw a screening attended by Muslim Mr Omaar in London today.

‘The programme also addresses the issue of the satanic verses, not just the apocalyptic fall-out from the Rushdie book but the incident where a supposedly divine revelation – acknowledging pagan gods – was later withdrawn because it was designed as a test.’

She said that as an opening episode it’s fairly heavy going if you’re new to the finer points of Islamic theology or Islam.

‘But it’s well filmed, has plenty of access to the relevant sites and has a diverse line-up of talking heads – [authors] Karen Armstrong, Tariq Ramadan, Robert Spencer, Michael Nazir-Ali and Tom Holland,’ she added….