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A new portion of iron arm Announces between filmmakers and Islamists, twelve days before the release of Aziz Salmy film theatrically: "veiled love."

The former mosque preacher "Al Hamra", in Casablanca, just announced the color of the battle by opening fire on the film.

"The Director shows a veiled girl having an illegal relationship with a young man;" It shows also the veiled girls smoking of hookah. "This film vehicle a clear call for the abandonment of the veil", accuses Abdelbari Zemzmi, the Renaissance and virtue party member of Parliament.

The Director of the film, Aziz Salmy, denies the charge and calls Mr. Zemzmi first watching the film in "early" judgments "What I regret is that there are people that generalize and which bear early judgments on a movie without seeing", response filmmaker Salmy, who says be wary of "generalization" in referring to the history of "batoul", the veiled girl personified by Algerian actress Hayat Belhalloufi.

"It's a girl who is unable to reconcile his sentimental life and religious life, between modernity and conservatism, between the divine and the carnal," says the filmmaker, indicating do not intend to interfere with the wearing of the veil.

But it is not this Ïil that the sees Abdelbari Zemzmi, even if the latter recognizes have not yet seen the film. "From what you told me, because I have not yet seen the film, is that the latter has a clear call for the abandonment of the veil", certifies the Zemzmi preacher.

Parliament is not to stop at this stage of the criticism, he announced his decision to wear the "combat" in Parliament. "I will stop the Minister of communications for the prohibition of the film, and I now request the Government to assume its responsibilities," said Mr. Zemzmi, announcing also its intention to continue his battle on the columns in the national press. "It is the duty of every Muslim citizen to challenge this film that really questioned the function of the Islamic veil, that is after all only the external expression of religious belief", argue the Zemzmi preacher.

In this controversy arises the question on freedom of establishment.

Can we, then, resort to moral criteria, to explain a work of creation? "Artists, whether they are filmmakers, musicians, visual artists, often have recourse to the principle of freedom of expression to explain their errors", said Abdelbari Zemzmi. I wonder if it has the right to use the argument of freedom to be injurious to the reputation of the veil", questions Mr. Zemzmi, the tone of the charge.

But beyond the veil, "it is the question of the homosexual in sights," is a film critic. "Veiled love film is not only paid the costs of Islamist attacks, many other films had before were the wrath of the dark ages," he recalled. It is for example (and evidence) the film "A minute of silence and less" Nabil Ayouch and film "Marock" of the young Moroccan filmmaker Leïla Marrakchi. "Beyond what can be said about the content of these films, it is the weapon of the image which seems to disturb the top point guards of the old temple", critical observer.