chennai a r rahman on monday evening reacted to a fatwa issued against him by a mumbaibased sunni muslim group for composing music for iranian filmmaker majid majidis film muhammad messenger of godread also mumbai group issues fatwa against a r rahman majidi for prophet filmin a post on his facebook page rahman said his decision to compose the music for this film was made in good faith and with no intention of causing offence i am not a scholar of islam i follow the middle path and am part traditionalist and part nationalist rahman wrote in his onepage statement on his facebook page the statement had several quotes from the quran like nothing shall ever happen to us except what allah has ordained for us rahman said i didnt direct or produce the movie muhammad messenger of god i just did the music my spiritual experiences of working on the film are very personal and i would prefer not to share these he also sought to remind his detractors about the mutual tolerance for faith that existed among communities in the indian subcontinent we are indeed fortunate and blessed to live in a country like india where religious freedom is practiced and where the aim of all communities is to life in peace and harmony sans confusion and violenceread also fatwa fallout ar rahman cancels delhi show my decision to compose music for the film was made in good faith and with no intention of causing offence he added mumbaibased raza academy initiated a fatwa against the iranian director of the film majid majidi rahman and other coworkers of the film rahman recalled an interview given to a journal by raza academy member saeed noorie who had said that it was imperative for muslims to do something about it as it was against the religion so that later when they face allah they would not be chided by him for doing nothing to stop this from happeningread also ar rahman concert cancelled rahman said the decision to compose music for the film was based on a similar point of view as expressed by noorie what and if i had the good fortune of facing allah and he were to ask me on judgement day i gave you faith talent money fame and health why did you not do music for my beloved muhammad film a film whose intention is to unite humanity clear misconceptions and spread my message that life is kindness about uplifting the poor and living in the service of humanity and not mercilessly killing innocents in my name he added today there is a blur between the real world and the virtual world and i have been taken aback to see that for some years now unethical unacceptable and unkind remarks are made online concerning the holy prophet these abhorrent comments are no doubt due to a lack of understanding i have always felt that we must counter this reaction with love and kindness and through