Millennial performance at pyramids "100-percent Egyptian"

The Islamist newspaper Al-Shaab had accused Jarre of plotting to impose "Zionist freemasonry" on Egyptian civilization by placing a golden pyramid of light atop the great pyramid of Cheops. Egyptian MP Mohammed Abul Enein has also asked whether there is any link between Masonic symbolism and the golden pyramid of light, the government newspaper Al-Ahram reported Sunday.

Abul Enein, a businessman and independent MP appointed by presidential decree, insisted the speaker of parliament find out how cost-effective the millennial show would be and how the performance’s technology would affect the pyramids. The celebration runs against the grain of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which begins this week and goes until the first week of January, he added.

However, Jarre said the show will start off with "calm music, inspired by Muslim mystics’ hymns, and discreet lighting" out of "respect for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. "The Twelve Dreams of the Sun" is the country’s only official millennial celebration near the pyramids. It starts at sundown December 31 and runs until dawn January 1.