Why Indonesia Banned “Noah”

Scene of “Noah”

The Darren Aronofsy’s latest movie, “Noah” (2014) was banned in Indonesia today. The film which you can find the trailer right here casted Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Watson were forbidden to be played in Indonesia.

This movie is another epic colosal story after Crowe made his great performance in “Gladiator” by 2000.

Indonesian Film Forum decided to ban the movie because of the worriness that the movie would create new polemic among the religious communities in this country. Not just Indonesia which banned the movie, but neither did other Islamic countries such as Pakistan, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates.

Islam ruled that prophets and their wives are respected like saint, and portraying them are not appropriate. These portraying actions are such as creating pictures, sculptures, and even playing act as their roles. Portraying them can create imagination in someone’s mind that the prophet is like the portray objects, and not just can improve their belief in their prophets, but also can even bother their belief which can tend to ruin the belief itself.

This banning of Noah is the second movie which banned by Indonesia because of the reason above. By 1998, Indonesia banned “The Prince of Egypt” to be played in Indonesia because the cartoon film portrayed Moses.