Quotes by Moustapha Akkad

About Moustapha Akkad:

Moustapha Al Akkad was a Syrian American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the Desert. He was killed along with his daughter Rima Al Akkad Monla in 2005 in Amman, Jordan by a suicide bomber.
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I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.

Moustapha Akkad

Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the west I felt that it was my obligation my duty to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700 million following, yet it's so little known about ...

Moustapha Akkad

If there ever was a religious war full of terror, it was the crusades. But you can't blame Christianity because a few adventurers did this. That's my message.

Moustapha Akkad

Author Bio

  • NameMoustapha Akkad
  • DescriptionAmerican film director
  • BornJuly 1, 1930
  • DiedNovember 11, 2005
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Syria
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director