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The Barbie movie has been a box office success in the Western world, but there is controversy building for the picture in Muslim majority countries

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, has paid a courtesy call on the Ghanaian Battalion at the United Nations Interim Force Headquarters in Lebanon (UNIFIL) as part of her four-day working visit to that country. Ghana is the oldest and currently one of the…

Barbie is all set to release in the Middle East on Thursday but moves to ban by Kuwait and Lebanon over its themes on gender and sexuality. , Entertainment News, Times Now

Lebanons Culture Minister, Mohammad Mortada, has banned the movie Barbie from cinemas for promoting homosexuality and contradicting religious values. Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has requested that General Security, responsible for censorship decisions, review the film and make its recommendation. Following Lebanon, Kuwait has also banned Barbie and the horror film Talk to Me to safeguard "public ethics and social traditions".

The Hezbollah-backed minister said the film was found to "promote homosexuality and sexual transformation" and "contradicts values of faith and morality."

Madam Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, on Monday began a four-day official visit to Beirut,...

"Barbie" has been banned in Kuwait to protect "public ethics and social traditions," while the movie faces challenges in Lebanon for "promoting homosexuality."

BEIRUT — Lebanon's culture minister moved to ban the film Barbie from cinemas on Wednesday (Aug 9), saying it "promotes homosexuality" and contradicts religious values. Minister Mohammad Mortada is backed by powerful Shi'ite armed group Hezbollah, whose head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has ramped up his rhetoric against the LGBT community, referring in a recent speech to Islamic texts that call...

Kuwait has banned screenings of the new Barbie film in order to protect public ethics and social traditions. Lebanons culture minister also moved to ban Barbie from cinemas.

Lebanon has taken steps to ban the popular "Barbie" film for allegedly promoting homosexuality. The country's culture minister