{"id":2001666,"date":"2023-08-15T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-country-bans-barbie-over-damaging-morals\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T18:20:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T22:20:28","slug":"another-country-bans-barbie-over-damaging-morals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-country-bans-barbie-over-damaging-morals\/","title":{"rendered":"Another nation prohibits &#8216;Barbie&#8217; due to &#8216;harmful values&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-country-bans-barbie-over-damaging-morals%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The Controversial \u200cBan on the &#8220;Barbie&#8221; Movie in Algeria<\/h2>\n<p>The highly anticipated &#8220;Barbie&#8221; movie, \u2064starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, \u2063has recently faced a major setback in Algeria. After its successful opening three weeks ago, \u200bthe\u2062 film has been abruptly banned by the country&#8217;s \u2062Ministry of Culture and \u200cArts, citing concerns over its &#8220;damaging morals&#8221; and alleged promotion \u2063of &#8220;homosexuality.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8216;Barbie&#8217; Banned in Algeria\u2064 for Promoting Homosexuality <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LZ5DoMExlj\">https:\/\/t.co\/LZ5DoMExlj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Variety (@Variety)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Variety\/status\/1691459330594529280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision to pull the movie\u2064 from theaters came \u200dafter the government received \u200bcomplaints\u2064 about its alleged violation of Algeria&#8217;s\u200c religious and cultural beliefs. The film was accused of promoting homosexuality, which goes\u200b against the country&#8217;s values.<\/p>\n<p>The local distributor MD\u2062 Cin\u00e9 and leading cinemas were informed by the government about the\u200b ban, citing concerns over &#8220;damaging morals,&#8221; as \u2063reported by the private news site 24H Alg\u00e9rie.<\/p>\n<p>This ban follows similar actions taken by Kuwait and Lebanon, who also prohibited the screening of &#8220;Barbie&#8221; due \u2064to concerns \u2063about \u200bits alleged\u200b promotion of homosexuality. Kuwait&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-country-bans-barbie-over-damaging-morals\/\" title=\"Another nation prohibits 'Barbie' due to 'harmful values'.\">film censorship committee chairman<\/a>, Lafi Al-Subaie, criticized the movie\u200d for carrying ideas that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/barbie-banned-in-kuwait-and-lebanon-could-be-next-as-govt-official-says-it-promotes-homosexuality\/\" title=\"'Barbie' banned in Kuwait, possible ban in Lebanon due to alleged promotion of homosexuality.\">encourage unacceptable behavior<\/a> and \u2062distort society&#8217;s values.<\/p>\n<p>Lebanon&#8217;s cultural minister, Mohammad Mortada, expressed concerns about\u2064 the film&#8217;s promotion of homosexuality and sexual transformation, which\u2062 he believed contradicted the values of faith and morality. The film is currently\u200c under review by Lebanon&#8217;s censorship committee, with\u2062 expectations of a potential ban.<\/p>\n<p>While Saudi \u2063Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were reportedly considering a ban, \u200bthe \u2062film was released in those countries on\u2062 August 10. However, it \u2063remains unclear if any edits were made to comply\u2062 with \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-caved-to-turkish-government-demands-blocked-group-to-protect-business-interests\/\" title=\"Facebook Caved To Turkish Government Demands, Blocked Group To Protect Business Interests\">censorship requests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the\u2064 film faced a ban\u200b in Vietnam due to its depiction of a South\u2063 China Sea map, which was deemed offensive by government officials.\u200d The disputed region has been a source of\u2063 tension between \u200dVietnam and China, and the movie&#8217;s inclusion of a U-shaped &#8220;nine-dash line&#8221; in the map sparked controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the controversy and \u2064bans, the &#8220;Barbie&#8221; movie continues to generate buzz and spark discussions about artistic freedom, cultural values, and LGBTQ+ representation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Barbie&#8221; movie faced a ban in Algeria due to its alleged promotion of &#8220;homosexuality&#8221; and &#8220;damaging morals.&#8221; Despite initially attracting 40,000 viewers, the film, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was removed from theaters after three weeks of release in the North African country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":2001667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}