Nick Lazaredes looks at the new super heroes of the Islamic world: a newly-created comic book series, 'The 99', in which the main characters are modeled on the 99 attributes of Allah.
The creator of the series, Naif A-Mutawa, says he's trying to teach Islamic extremists to embrace peaceful conflict resolution and turn them from violence.
But hard-line clerics have condemned 'The 99' as sacrilege and have called for the comics to be destroyed.
On air: 4th October 2009
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