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.

Right now, Islam is portrayed as a terrorist religion. Because a few terrorists are Muslims, the whole religion has that image.

I made the film to bring the story of Islam, the story of 700 million of people, to the West.

I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama.