> I think the studio (execs) just were afraid of having a blockbuster with a hero that promotes Jihad. Agreed, they will use an different equivalent term such

> I think the studio (execs) just were afraid of having a blockbuster with a hero that promotes Jihad. Agreed, they will use an different equivalent term such as "holy war" for the reasons given above. The meaning of that fictional cataclysm is not casual, but the word choice in Dune the 1965 novel, using an unfamiliar middle-eastern term for it, I think was. These are separate things, and I refer you again to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%E2%80%93mention_distinctio...