Egypt and Morocco Censor New "Exodus" Film

Exodus in Rabat, Morocco
(Image: corriere.it)

Ridley Scott's Exodus has been recently censored in two North African countries, according to the Milanese newspaper Corriere della Sera. Morocco officially frowned on the Biblical epic on the grounds that the movie included a visual depiction of God. Egypt's Minister of Culture banned Exodus because, in his view, the film was a vehicle for "Zionist" propaganda. You don't suppose the inevitable climax of the Moses vs. Pharaoh plot line might have influenced the minster's perspective?

Maybe the minister is just a sore loser.