Ridley Scott's Exodus Banned in Egypt, Morocco and U.A.E.

Ridley Scott's Exodus Banned in Egypt, Morocco and U.A.E.

Interestingly, the three countries had three different reasons for banning the film:

"Morocco has banned Ridley Scott's biblical epic Exodus, according to The Guardian, because it contains a representation of God, which is forbidden in Islam."

The spokesman for the UAE said, "This movie is under our review and we found that there are many mistakes not only about Islam but other religions too. So, we will not release it in the UAE."

Exodus has also been banned in Egypt as a result of its "historical inaccuracies," The Guardian reports, "including an apparent claim that 'Moses and the Jews built the pyramids.'"

Whoa. I don't mean to defend Exodus, which I have not seen and have no interest in, but if America banned films for historical inaccuracies, there would be virtually no historical films at all screened in the USA, including some of the greatest and/or most popular films ever made, like: Amadeus, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The English Patient, Braveheart, 300, JFK, American Hustle, They Died With Their Boots On, and Ridley Scott's own Gladiator.