Russian media report on criticism of the “Mu’awiyah” series; What is the story?
reports “Iraq” was the first country to announce the ban on broadcasting the series with the decision of the Communications and Media Commission and emphasized the broadcasting of the controversial nature of the historical nature. Become Ramadan and endanger the health and social context of society.
Iraq’s concern for creating sectarian sedition
Communications and Media Commission said: “The decision to ban this series is based on legal powers entrusted to it and we are committed to our responsibility to regulate the media sector and ensure media content compliance with national and professional standards approved in Iraq.”
The commission called on all media institutions to meet professional standards and refrain from distributing content that may cause sedition or sectarian stimulation.
The committee emphasized that any party that violates current media regulations in the country, we will take legal action.
ban on Iran
Iran was the second country to announce that the series was banned on any audio and video platform because of the new narrative of Mu’awiyah’s life and efforts to cleanse the Umayyad family.
sharp criticisms in Egypt
in Egypt, with a few episodes of this series began sharp criticism of the writing, directing and historical errors in the work that Khaled Saleh prompted the author to defend himself.
The series director Tariq al-Asrian suddenly disappeared, with new controversy. Domestic media has disclosed that this was asked by the director; Because he was uncomfortable after removing some scenes during his review.
Criticism came to a point where Egyptian writer Yusuf Zidane said the series was not worth seeing and did not match the reality of Arabic life from any angle.
Zidane strongly attacked the Mu’awiyah series on a live broadcast on Facebook, saying the series introduces Quraysh as if they were living in Rome, not in Mecca, and Abu Sufyan as a great philosopher.
“This series contains gross errors that have serious contradictions with the axioms of old Arab life at that time,” he said. In addition, this series can lead to some kind of social sedition.
