While she is not considered divine, many Muslims will name their children after her,” said Khalil, the director of the university’s Muslim Studies Program. “The Virgin Mary is mentioned more times in the Quran than in the entire Bible. While the Islamic faith does not consider the Virgin Mary to be divine, Michigan State University religious studies professor Mohammad Khalil said she is highly revered. Does anyone enjoy seeing their mother mocked or offended? I don’t think so,” Reigle said. “Mary is the mother of Jesus Christ and, therefore, the spiritual mother to all Christians.
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Reigle said, “Without having seen the movie – as trailers can be deceptively edited – the subject matter appears to be an affront to Catholics,” as was the timing of its release. Spiliotopoulos’ publicist, Joshua Jason Public Relations, didn’t respond to phone and email requests for comment.
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“When movies or TV series portray a Christian church, more times than not directors choose Catholic settings because Catholic churches are rich in imagery, symbolism and everything that makes for good cinematography,” Reigle said.Īccording to Reigle, director Evan Spiliotopoulos’ inclusion of Catholic practices in this movie is highly disrespectful and “seems to go in a new and disturbing direction, associating the Catholic Church’s tradition of honoring Mary, the Mother of God, with the subject of the demonic.”īut Spiliotopoulos said in a Reddit post: “I was raised a Greek Orthodox Christian and I can assure you the film is respectful to faith and in fact is a redemption story.” The post also said he had no choice in the movie’s release date. Gordon said the movie highlights Hollywood’s obsession with the Catholic aesthetic. The trailer shows a statue of Virgin Mary bleeding from her eyes, the main character of the movie performing a miracle by healing a parapalegic and a crucifix burning on the altar of a Roman Catholic church. “Hollywood takes enough jabs at Catholicism, and I don’t want to make doing so profitable,” Reigle said. Thomas Aquinas parish in East Lansing said he doesn’t plan to see the film. The film has raised eyebrows among members of faith communities. The movie was released on April 2 - Good Friday. “Unholy” is about a young hearing-impaired girl who is visited by the Virgin Mary, but in reality by a demonic entity, according to the movie information website IMDb. LANSING - As hundreds of thousands of Christians across Michigan celebrated Easter weekend, a new horror made its debut: “Unholy.” Spartan Newsroom - News and information from student journalists at the Michigan State University School of Journalism About the Michigan State University School of Journalism.
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