Rival Prophet Muhammad Films in the Works. A team based in Qatar hired a "Lord of the Rings" producer for advice, while an Iranian director plans a $30 million project.

Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi (center), the director of " Muhammad," conducts a scene of the movie in Allahyar village 43 miles south of the capital Tehran, Iran. AP ALLAHYAR, Iran — Here in ...

The Khalifans, arriving in a late-model Lexus, were headed for the animated feature “Muhammad: The Last Prophet,” which is attracting respectable, if not blockbuster, audiences throughout the ...

In 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten ran a cartoon depicting Muhammad wearing a turban with a bomb in it, sparking riots that killed more than 30 people throughout the Islamic world.

Figure 2: The Prophet Muhammad receives revelations on Mount Hira in an illustration from the children’s book “Greetings, Rose of Muhammad,” Tehran, 2006.

The film will tell the story of the prophet from age 12 to his death, and will have the look and feel of Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ,” Yousef said.

Bloggers are aghast at news that a $150 million movie about the life of Islam founder Muhammad is in the works. Islam prohibits visual depictions of the prophet, and the film's producer is ...

What We Know About 'Sam Bacile,' The Man Behind The Muhammad Movie : The Two-Way Bacile said he had a $5 million budget and may have been warned his film portraying the prophet could incite violence.

Back on September 11, protestors gathered outside the US embassy near downtown Cairo, furious over reports of a video said to portray Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, in a brutally negative way. By ...

Terrorists on Wednesday stormed the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, a satirical French magazine famous for making fun of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad and Islamic leaders. Stéphane (Charb) Char… ...

Cineworld, which owns the Regal chain in the U.S., has canceled screenings of 'The Lady of Heaven' after it was accused of blasphemy by Muslim groups and sparked protests in several U.K. cities.