Egypt bans 'Exodus' film

[Jazzy]

Egypt bans 'Exodus' film

Egypt has banned the Hollywood biblical epic movie "Exodus: Gods and Kings" citing historical inaccuracies, the culture minister said Friday, a day after a similar move by Morocco.

The film relates how Moses helped Israelite slaves flee persecution in Egypt under the Pharaoh Ramses by parting the Red Sea to let them cross safely.

Culture Minister Gaber Asfour told AFP that Ridley Scott's blockbuster was rife with mistakes, including an apparent claim that "Moses and the Jews built the pyramids".

"This totally contradicts proven historical facts," Asfour said.

"It is a Zionist film," he said. "It gives a Zionist view of history and contains historical inaccuracies and that's why we have decided to ban it."

The ban was decided by a committee comprising the head of the supreme council for culture, Mohammed Afifi, the head of the censorship committee and two history professors, said Asfour.

Afifi said he took issue with the scene showing the parting of the Red Sea in which Moses -- a prophet revered by Jews, Christians and Muslims alike -- is seen holding a "sword" like a warrior, instead of a "stick".

Furthermore, he said, the parting of the Red Sea is explained in the movie as a "tidal phenomenon" rather than a divine miracle.

Thoughts?

 

[Enter Username Here]

Well hes got a point, Moses did split the red sea with a stick and not a sword.

Everyone knows that.

 

[Webster]

Doesn't surprise me....after all, its' only a film showing one of the biggest ass-kickings' Egypt ever got courtesy of Israel; no wonder they won't allow it to be shown in their country.

 

[MrDawn]

This goes to show that not every movie makes it's day in other countries.

 

[Raven]

It's a film, It's not real, It's just a story......

............. Oh wait so is the 'fact'

 

[seasidemike]

It is more because the story comes from the Jewish faith than anything else. Egypt is predominately Muslim and they hate everything Jewish

 

[DrLeftover]

I agree with Egypt.

Nowhere in the Exodus story does it talk about the slaves being stonecutters.

In the Book, they're making mud bricks.

The monuments of Giza are NOT made of mud brick.

 

[Enter Username Here]

It is more because the story comes from the Jewish faith than anything else.  Egypt is predominately Muslim and they hate everything Jewish

 

[Flurry]

What movie using biblical themes is usually ever that fully accurate?

 

[DrLeftover]

What movie using biblical themes is usually ever that fully accurate?

There was a retelling of the Gospel of John a few years ago that was pretty close to the text.

Maybe The Passion of the Christ.

Maybe.

Other than that....