Muslim Countries Ban Darren Aronofsky's Biblical Film, 'Noah'

A number of Muslim countries have banned the screening of Darren Aronofsky’s Noah , citing the film’s depiction of a prophet, which is prohibited in Islamic tradition. Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates banned the film in early March, and Indonesia followed suit last week, The Washington Post reports.

The film is based on the Hebrew Bible story of Noah and the flood, and stars Russell Crowe in the title role. A version of the story is told in the Quran, in which the main character is the prophet Nuh. Though the Quran does not explicitly ban representations of the prophet Muhammad, Islamic scholars established a prohibition on portraying all Islamic prophets for fear they might become objects of worship, which by extension could be considered be a form of idolatry.

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