Ms Marvel: Muslims Must Reject these Superheroes

Ms Marvel and Dust

Marvel announced in 2014 that it was introducing a superhero who will belong to the Muslim faith. The character that is named Kamala Khan or Ms Marvel was created by Sana Amanat, G. Willow Wilson, and Adrian Alphona. 

Marvel studious has created characters belonging to the Christian faith most popular of them being Night Crawler from The X-Men. 

Some Muslims are applauding this development by Marvel studios sayi ng it is high time we saw a Muslim portrayed as a ‘good guy’.

But, in the case of this particular ‘superhero’, Ms Marvel, should Muslims be jubilant?

Background of Ms Marvel

Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan) is a 16 year old ‘Muslim’ girl of Pakistani origin who happens to be an admirer of Captain Marvel (a female superhero). The title, Ms Marvel, has been born by three other superheroes: Carol Denvers (created in 1968), Sharon Ventura (created in 1985) and Karla Sofen (created in 2009). The character, Kamala Khan, is the fourth to bear the title, Ms Marvel.

Here are some reasons why it would not be wise for Muslims to celebrate this.

1. Is Ms Marvel a practicing Muslim?

Being a Muslim does not end at bearing a Muslim name otherwise, Amina Wadud would also be called a Muslim. What exactly will be Muslim about Ms Marvel? 

Ms Marvel

Will she be shown observing salah? 

Will she be wearing a Hijab? 

Will she say ‘subhanallah’ when something bad happens or will she say ‘S***’ or ‘F***’?

The protagonist in the Indonesian movie, The Raid, is a practicing Muslim. In the movie, he was shown observing salah, he was responsible, did not drink or commit adultery, fought against evils that exist in real life and sought the protection of Allah whenever he was about to fight. Now, this is a Muslim superhero.

Will we see the same in Ms Marvel? 

From the drawings and 3D images we have seen of Ms Marvel, she leaves her hair flying in the wind (no hijab) and she wears tight and revealing clothes. That is not ‘Muslim’. 

Superheroes as we know often have illicit sexual relationships among themselves. Kissing, cuddling, sex and even homosexuality have occurred among ‘superheroes’. 

Will Ms Marvel (a Muslim) be that kind of superhero?

2. Partnership with evil personalities

Islamically, all demi-gods are fabrications of the devil, from Vulcan (the god of fire), cupid (the god of love) to Thor (the god of thunder). Others such as Zeus, Odin, e.t.c also fall in this category. 

Marvel introduced Thor as a character for their comics in 1962 and made their first Thor movie in 2011. Lately, Marvel has been combining multiple superheroes in single movies. 

Will Ms Marvel be featured in the same movies as Thor? In other words, will a Muslim be fighting on the same side as a demi-god (the fabrication of satan)? 

The new video game, Marvel’s Avengers, has already featured scenes with Ms Marvel (a Muslim) showing very high regard for Thor (a pagan god). 

The Marvel superheroes also includes the character named Doctor Strange; a sorcerer. These combinations are blasphemous. Muslims don’t collaborate with devils and sorcerers.

3. Ms Marvel’s Ability

According to descriptions by Marvel, Ms Marvel will be a shape shifter i.e. she will have the ability to change her form into whatever she pleases, something like the character named ‘Mystic’ in The X-Men or Shang Tsung in Mortal Kombat. 

Like has been said, a Muslim superhero has to be totally Muslim. Muslims do not believe a human being can have more than one form; it is scripturally impossible (heresy). Only Angels and Jinns have been given that ability. 

The makers of the story say Kamala got her abilities as a result of mutation after a nuclear/radioactive attack. This is just a move to push the evolution agenda which is considered grave heresy in Islam.

Another ‘Muslim’ superhero is Sooraya Qadir (Dust) who wears an Islamic garment with a niqab and has the ability to turn into sand. The character was developed by Grant Morrison and artist Ethan Van Sciver in December 2002 for the X-Men. She has been featured wearing very revealing clothes too.

It is apparent; the concept of a Muslim superhero with the descriptions given by Marvel studios is totally flawed.

Game developer, Square Enix, in October 2019 included Ms Marvel as a playable character in its game, Marvel’s Avengers. The game was released 15^th May 2020. The Ms. Marvel TV show will debut on Disney’s upcoming streaming service in 2021 or 2022. A date for a Ms Marvel movie has not been set yet.

Marvel should concentrate on making money from its fictional stories and refrain from making a mockery of the intellect of Muslims. Those Muslims who applaud this development should learn to look at the big picture. 

Do we really want to have our children taking up heroes who stand to represent ideologies that threaten the main essence of their faith?

Islamic thought is about to be manipulated to accommodate profanities and corruption. 

This is hereby a call to parents to really guard their children against this psychological attack. Muslim countries that care about the spiritual life of their people should also take caution. Countries have the right to block whatever poses a threat to the sanity of their people.

May Allah assist us.