The daughter of Egypts former president Anwar Sadat has filed a complaint against the makers of I Love You Man, a 2009 Dreamworks film, for naming a dog after her father.
In the movie, actor Jason Segels character has a dog named Anwar Sadat. When asked if its because he likes the former presidents policies, the character replies it is due to the dogs resemblance to the Egyptian leader.
The name of the dog also appears in the credits as Anwar Sadat, playing himself, the dog.
Muslims believe dogs can violate ritual purity and consider them unclean. Calling someone a dog is one of the worst insults in the Middle East.
Censorship of foreign films in Egypt is common, though usually it is nudity and love scenes that are targeted.
Sadats daughter has been a fierce defender of her fathers reputation and recently won a libel lawsuit against the daughter of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, who had said Sadat had plotted the murder of Nasser.
Sadats daughter won 150,000 Egyptian pounds ($27,000) in compensation for that case.
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