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[[Riz Ahmed]] initially declined the role of Omar but later signed on as he felt the film "challenged stereotypes". He received Morris' attention after writing a song called "Post 9/11 Blues" which he wrote about being detained at [[Luton Airport]] after the screening of the docudrama ''[[Road to Guantanamo]]'' in [[Berlin]].<ref name="vice1"/>
Morris suggested in a mass email, titled "Funding Mentalism", that fans could contribute between £25 and £100 each to the production costs of the film and would appear as extras in return.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/00535-new-chris-morris-project|title=Chris Morris announces Jihad Film / Needs money|publisher=[[The Quietus]]|first=David|last=Moats|date=13 October 2008|access-date=26 July 2009|archive-date=29 May 2012|archive-url=
Morris has described the film as a farce, which exposes the "''[[Dad's Army]]'' side to terrorism".<ref name=Independent20090106>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/wannabe-suicide-bombers-beware-chris-morris-movie-gets-goahead-1228152.html|title=Wannabe suicide bombers beware: Chris Morris movie gets go-ahead|newspaper=The Independent|first=Geneviève|last=Roberts|date=6 January 2009|access-date=26 July 2009|location=London|archive-date=22 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091022113828/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/wannabe-suicide-bombers-beware-chris-morris-movie-gets-goahead-1228152.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the making of the film, the director sent the script to former [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantánamo Bay]] detainee [[Moazzam Begg]]. Begg has said that he found nothing in the script that would be offensive to [[Islam in the United Kingdom|British Muslims]]. Riz Ahmed also contacted Begg, to ask whether the subject matter was "too raw". When the film was completed, Begg was given a special screening and said that he enjoyed it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-diary-moazzam-begg-justin-adams-and-juldeh-camar-lisa-jewell-election-drama-colm-toibin-1958012.html|title=The Diary: Moazzam Begg; Justin Adams and Juldeh Camar; Lisa Jewell; Election Drama; Colm Toibin|newspaper=The Independent|first=Arifa|last=Akbar|date=30 April 2010|access-date=30 April 2010|location=London|archive-date=19 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919171249/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/the-diary-moazzam-begg-justin-adams-and-juldeh-camar-lisa-jewell-election-drama-colm-toibin-1958012.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
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