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  • Essay / Analysis of 'Kite Runner' - 1157

    'Kite Runner' is a multi-layered story told by Khalid Hosseini and directed by Marc Forster. The article discusses some of the crucial scenes in the film and relates them to Islamic views. In one scene, Amir (while his father is holding a glass of wine and Amir is looking out the window) asks his father that according to his religious teacher, Mullah, drinking is a sin. If so, why does he drink and does drinking make him a sinner? Baba gives Amir his own perspective of values ​​and attributes every sin to theft. Amir disagrees with his father at first, but then reluctantly admits what he says. Baba expresses his anger against mullahs and prays to save Afghanistan from these people. In the film, the mullah is depicted as the bearer of Islam, he teaches the Quran and commands people to abstain from drinking. Contrary to the conventional belief of Muslims, Amir's baba hates these conservative thoughts and presents a more westernized version of understanding Islam. Islam clearly forbids Muslims from consuming wine, as the Quran reveals in three phases (over a period of twenty-two and a half years). The first revelation of Surah Baqarah says that there is great sin and some profit in intoxicants (wine), but the sin in it is greater. (Al-Quran 5:90). The second revelation of Surah Nisa (Al-Quran 4:42) forbids Muslims from offering prayers while intoxicated, because with a foggy mind there is very little chance of understanding what is being recited. Finally, in Surah Maidah (Al-Quran 5:90), Allah strictly prohibits Muslims from consuming intoxicating substances. From the beginning of the film, we observe that little Hassan is always treated as a Hazara boy in abusive or discriminatory terms and despised. because of his membership in the Shiite community. Assef and other boys tease Amir and Hass... middle of newspaper...... Sohrab's heroic release is steeped in 'harmful stereotypes' about Islam and Muslims. Neither the Quran nor Muslims promote fascism, homosexuality or pedophilic tendencies. One must consider the post-Soviet war era, the civil war scenario and different external forces while watching the film in order to have a balanced view of religion and people. Work cited Ashrof, VAM (August 20, 2008). The Lure of Satan: Quranic Refutation of Racism. Retrieved from http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6b8s9rYHT5gJ:discover.islamonline.net Horberg, W. and Forster, M. (October 5, 2007). Kite Runner.USA: DreamWorks SKG.Miller, MT (January 5, 2008). "The Kite Runner" criticized: new orientalism goes big screen [Msg 1]. Message published on http://forums.islamicawakening.com/f18/kite-runner-critiqued-new-orientalism-goes-big-screen-32097/.