The long and winding road

Loks like this may be worth seering when it comes out

Ferroukhi, who describes himself as culturally Muslim, sees the film as about spirituality rather than religion; "about what's behind appearances, and how to break down barriers". But he also sought to "rehumanise a community smeared by an extreme minority using religion for political ends". At an interfaith screening in London, organised by the St Ethelberger's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace, he was asked if he anticipated hostility from conservative Muslims, a question that a self-professed "conservative imam" in the audience found bewildering, since he was delighted by the film. It shows a range of devout and secular Muslims, but no violent Islamists.

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