A Review of Muslim Representation in Midnight Mass

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[dylankennedy]

Mike Flanagan writes tragedies disguised as horror. Midnight Mass strikes that chord perfectly.

[jackieweaver]

Idk if you noticed but i personally loved the small details they took care of. Like, how he was wearing a silver wedding ring, whereas wedding rings are usually gold, but Islam doesn't permit men to wear gold jewellery. There were so many details like these that I absolutely loved!

[monkeytime]

As an atheist, I have to say that I thought this show depicted Riley the atheist character very fairly as well. It wasn't the standard wrong tropes we are used to seeing as atheists.

[pigpjs]

As a Catholic I was super impressed with the show. The Catholic portions were so on point that I felt like I had been to mass after episodes. They even got the Act of Contrition for the priest correct. It has changed over generations and he said the one that was appropriate for his age.

Glad to hear from the Muslim perspective it was accurate.

[namiranafis]

Personal take, idk is this on purpose or just coincidence with the plot not but I personally love how they choose Fajr prayer as their last prayer.

Knowing their condition (Hassan's bleeding and Ali's not in good shape) by default we can choose to combine our prayer to the next prayer (Jama') if we can't find anything to clean it or if we're in heavy pain like Hassan's case we can even shortened it (Qasr), but Fajr prayer is different and the only prayer that we can't combine or shortened it, for me it kinda gave even more meaning to their last prayer.

[zakariyamohamed]

The ending was so amazing. The sheriff died while in prayer and his son was leading the morning prayer. Subhanallah. It was one of the best depictions of Islam and Muslims so far.

[sanael]

The scene where he debates with the teacher is the best scene portrayed by a muslim ever, truly a muslim being really a muslim lol

[ashlabelle]

As a muslim who went to catholic school too, I loved it! Finally a character who's muslim but being muslim is not their entire character and they aren't a bigot or a terrorist.

[garebearwhere]

I was raised Muslim and I was super impressed by this show's depictions of religion in general. This is literally one of my favorite shows ever partially because of the accuracy and relatability of the Muslim characters growing up in a Christian environment and then Erin's monologue striking true to what I now believe as a spiritual but not religious person. The show did such an amazing job of representing all these different religious and spiritual viewpoints <3

[IDidntSetAHandle]

I might have misinterpreted this, so will go back and give a second watch.

But one of the things I did like about Hasan was that he was three dimensional, and they weren't afraid of showing that actually, despite what he said, he DID have some issues with his son potentially converting to Christianity - and was struggling to balance this with being open minded.

I think that's believable, and human, and far more interesting than making him perfect.

Great vid by the way, will certainly check out more of your channel!

[Ebrahim_]

Just occurred to me that the final prayer was Fajir! Only thing that caught guard was that they were facing East but the dad was hurt and the kid didn't have to time to pull out that compass. His monologue was also powerful and a really good critique on the war on Terror and how it has been subjected on the Muslims who have nothing to do with terrorism and really just want to chill and live in peace.

[aalllllllexx]

I'm not Muslim, but I grew up in a really tight religious community and I think my favorite thing is the character of Erin, and the idea that you can have faith but still be accepting of others. I like that she took Hassan's side during the school thing, and I think she as a character functioned to represent what it looks like to be both religious and a good person.

[Cheeto]

So I myself am not Muslim I have read some passages from the Quran because I believe all faiths have a sense of wisdom to share with everyone. But the scene where they were praying on the beach at the end had me sobbing in tears.

[winkinggerbil]

I am not Muslim, Catholic, or at all religious. But, I loved the representation of religion and Hassan was my favorite character. His faith was representative of him and his faith was his own. He was truly the only human on the island... at the end anyway.

[maahi]

I hated Bev so much!!! And it was so refreshing to see a good depiction of a Muslim. Flanagans shows are so interesting. Definitely binge watch all of them. I would rate this after the first one but before the second one.

[rahnuma]

I watched this 2 months ago....LOVED it....cried at the very last scene when they died in prayer....I felt so sad. The show itself was full of mysteries and symbolism. Very very philosophical and it’s meant to make you are not what they seem

[CynsCorner]

I thought his character was one of the best parts of the show. I also appreciated that the subject matter of religion was treated respectfully as a whole. It was so well done. I loved this series.

[Aranock]

This was an excellent video, glad to see more people talking about the show!

[TimdeVisser]

Great commentary! I personally loved the monologue where Hassan denies the existence of healing miracles. It's partially just a very emotional and personal scene that Rahul Kohli just eats up. But I also really agree with his assessment that the very idea of miracles like that is very unfair. But then again, I'm not religious. I'd love to know if this approach to miracles is a common one in American muslims.

[allier]

the pta meeting made me super sad. i'm not even a parent but that felt like a shot through the heart. being misunderstood like that is so tragic.