C. S. Lewis wrote The Chronicles of Narnia as a Christian allegory, in which Aslan the Lion is Christ. Neeson here is simply parroting the politically correct multiculturalist line that any and all "spiritual leaders" must be essentially equivalent. They all must have taught universal benevolence, right?
Wrong.
Muhammad taught no such thing; rather, he taught that Muslims should be "merciful to one another, but harsh to unbelievers" (Qur'an 48:29). And he taught much more besides that is as opposed to the teaching of Christ as any teaching can possibly be. But Liam Neeson almost certainly doesn't know that. And why should he? Who would have told him, in today's environment?
"Narnia fans' fury after Liam Neeson claims Aslan - the symbol of Christ - could also be Mohammed," by Tamara Cohen and Simon Caldwell in the Daily Mail, December 4:Go to Jihad Watch to get the whole story.
The much-loved children's stories have an unapologetic Christian message.
C. S. Lewis was clear that the character of Aslan in his Chronicles of Narnia is based on Christ.
But actor Liam Neeson, who voices the lion in the latest Narnia film, has prompted a row after claiming his character is also based on other religious leaders such as Mohammed and Buddha.
Fans of Lewis's stories are fuming, claiming Neeson is ruining the author's legacy to be 'politically correct'.
11 comments:
Pastorius,
I don't know if I've read all the Narnia books. To me it was pretty obvious that Aslan was supposed to be a Christ like figure. While reading them, I didn't really think of any other religious figure, and I definitively don't think I'd have thought of Muhammad and that was before I knew anything of significance about him. He may well have some things in common with other religious figures like the Buddha, but I have a feeling that was unintentional on the part of CS Lewis. For example I've seen documentaries on some pre-Christian religious figures who like Jesus, supposedly came into being through a virgin birth of some kind, but I don't think he had any of them in mind either when he wrote his stories.
I don't think so.
I haven't seen that lion screwing a cub.
C.S. Lewis is the fundamentalist Christian of fundamentalist Christians. I am quite sure he meant Aslan as an tight allegorical Christ figure.
actors almost never fail to disapoint me when they open thier mouths.
When they open their mouths without having been fed lines.
Pastorius,
By the way, reading the comments over at Jihad Watch, on this same story, I discovered that Some Muslims apparently believe that CS Lewis was one of them.
CS Lewis is Muslim
According to the person who wrote the commentary,
I've been sitting on this idea for a little bit; when I work with Muslim kids I often explain to them that The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe is not a Christian allegory, so much as it is a Muslim one, specifically a Shi'ah Muslim allegory. Let me walk you through my ill-thought thinking.
First, we know Lewis was opposed to a live-action version of the Chronicles, calling the representation of Aslan “blasphemy,” strong words from a religious person. The presence of an anti-iconic can be felt in such a statement.
Second, we know that the lion is named Aslan, from Persian for the word for “lion.” (Haroon, shame on you for not picking that up in your linguistic analysis.) Now, one of the other Persian words for “lion” is sher (pronounced like “share”), and one of the names for the first Shi'ah Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, is sher-e khuda, The Lion of God (asadullah in Arabic). Most Persian speaking places have large Shi'ah populations, and of course Iran is mostly Shi'ah. So this is our first clue that Lewis is writing a Shi'ah Muslim allegory.
This guy is either lying, or guilty of an extreme form of wishful thinking.
This story needs more publicity. The Muslim world needs to know that Liam Neeson is comparing their beloved prophet to a dirty, stinky animal.
Nice knowing ya, Liam.
Good point, Jeppo.
Mohammed was a hairy, smelly, flee-ridden beast.
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