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Shahid

شاهد

Shahid.

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At a glance

Identifiers
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Review
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Law and courtsMuslim minorities under non-Muslim ruleRights and freedoms

Screening Room

Format
Film · Muslim history or life carries the story
Released
2012 CE · 1433 AH†
Countries
IN
Languages
hi (original)
Approach
journalism
Depiction of sacred figures
The Prophet: Not applicable · Companions: Not applicable · Imams: Not applicable

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

Overview

A film by Hansal Mehta about the Muslim lawyer Shahid Azmi, who defended the accused in terrorism cases until his assassination. 1 2

People and things also explored

Babri Masjid· Justice and grace (adl wal-fadl)· Ahliyya (legal capacity: to have rights and duties, and to act; its stages from the womb to full maturity, and what impairs it)· Democracy and the Sharia — compatibility and conflict· Fatwa on the satellite channels — its benefit and harm· Secularism and Islam — conflict or concord· Integration and identity (al-indimaj wa-l-huwiyya)· The contemporary Islamic discourse — maturity versus reactivity

Sources

  1. Wikidata
  2. IMDb
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islam.museum contributors. “Shahid”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/screen/shahid-2012/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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