Christ The Redeemer Statue Destroyed in '2012' Movie But Islamic Symbols Spared- WHY?

"Well, I wanted to do that, I have to admit," the
filmmaker told scifiwire.com. "But
my co-writer Harald [Kloser] said, 'I will not have a fatwa on my head because of a movie.' And he was right."

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