A message on a website linked to Al-Qaeda has threatened death to the veteran Egyptian actor Omar Sharif after he played St Peter in an Italian TV film, the Guardian reported. In remarks widely reported in Italy earlier this month, the 73-year old actor, a convert to Islam, said he had "seemed to hear voices" during the filming of St Peter, a two-part mini-series shown last week. The Italian news agency Adnkronos International said that a message on a web forum used in the past by Al-Qaeda had a link to a site carrying the threat. "Omar Sharif has stated that he has embraced the crusader idolatry," it said. "He is a crusader who is offending Islam and Muslims and receiving applause from the Italian people. I give you this advice, brothers, you must kill him."

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