Review of Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016) by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky for The A.V. Club — 31 Jan 2018
By reducing teachings to vague platitudes and inspirational truisms, Bilal robs its religious story of any sense of grace, leaving only those components of early Islamic history generally not considered off-limits for visual interpretation—that is, a lot of early medieval warfare and violence.
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This review of Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (2016) was written by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky and published by The A.V. Club on 31 Jan 2018.
Bilal: A New Breed of Hero has generally received positive reviews.
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