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Egypt Bans ‘Inaccurate’ Hollywood Film Exodus

Egypt Bans ‘Inaccurate’ Hollywood Film Exodus

From BBC

Egypt has banned a Hollywood film based on the Biblical book of Exodus because of what censors described as “historical inaccuracies.”

The head of the censorship board said these included the film’s depiction of Jews as having built the Pyramids, and that an earthquake, not a miracle by Moses, caused the Red Sea to part.

Exodus: Gods and Kings stars Christian Bale as Moses.

There have also been reports that the film is banned in Morocco.

Although the state-run Moroccan Cinema Centre (CCM) had given the film the green light, Moroccan business website Medias24.com said that officials had decided to ban the movie from being screened the day before its premiere.

According to the book of Exodus, Jewish slaves were led to freedom by Moses after God inflicted a series of plagues on Egypt.

 

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