January 17, 2005

Addendum to the Previous Post

In a quasi-related story, the Egyptian government is going to require television dramas to be subject to review by a panel of religious censors (both Muslim and Christian).

"The media cannot be transformed into instruments to distil poison under the pretext of artistic license," said Information Minister Mamduh Al Beltagi. [Source: AFP]

That's exactly what I think the works of Bhatti, Rushdie, Van Gogh, et al are: POISON! Good for the Egyptians!

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