The Qur’an’s Christians

Hollywood released quite a few movies about Jesus in the 1960s and ’70s. Not all got rave reviews, and historians would likely say that few of them represent accurately what life was like in first-­century Palestine. Only one Hollywood film was made during this time about Muhammad (and none has been made since): The Message, by the Syrian-American director Moustapha Akkad, better known for producing the Halloween horror franchise.