Limbo

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At a glance

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Refugees, migrants and diaspora Muslim minorities under non-Muslim rule

Screening Room

Format: Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released: 2020 CE · 1441 AH†
Countries: GB
Approach: comedy

Where to watch officially: No official link recorded. · Listed, not endorsed.

Overview

A quiet British comedy about a Syrian refugee stuck on a Scottish island awaiting a decision on his asylum application; starring Amir El-Masry. ¹ ²

People and things also explored

Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)· The Edge of Heaven· Ali: Fear Eats the Soul· Almanya: Welcome to Germany· Brick Lane· My Son the Fanatic· Mammo· Mo

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islam.museum contributors. “Limbo”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/limbu-2020/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)

Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy's view of how a believer integrates into a society that is not wholly Muslim while keeping his characteristics and identity, following the experience of the first Muslims, as set out in his example of the egg, the carrot and the coffee bean.