Date of source: Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Portraying the role of Muslim orthodox Caliphs in drama has been forbidden before in
Egypt and other Arab
countries.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
A critique of the strict censoring of religious films maintained by the Azhar. The authors warn of similar rigidity by the church.
Date of source: Sunday, August 24, 1997
A drug addict killed his wife by throwing her from the fourth floor and
then attacked the Assembly of Saint
George, destroying some of the contents of the building before trying to
set fire to it.
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 1997
Christian organizations have continued their attacks against
Muslims, alleging that the persecution of
Copts is the most important human rights issue. This was alleged by an
organization called the Patriotic
Federation of Missionaries and came at the same time as many false accusations
from...
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy is split
over a book authored by a
businessman that interprets the Qur’ān in more than 27,000 verses. He
says his book, the first
literary epic in the Arab world dealing with interpretation of the
Qur’ān, will make it easier
for the public to understand...
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
An Egyptian author writes in favor
of Israel and Judaism in a book banned by the Azhar
University.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 27, 2006
The author
reviews the opinion of a committee of the Azhar to ban the
publicizing of adultery-related cases amidst
outcry from media professors who assert that such a ban has not
prevented adultery in other countries.
Date of source: Thursday, May 4, 2006
A few days ago, the
president of the American University in Cairo (AUC), David
Arnold, decided to remove Islamic and Arabic contents
from a number of AUC textbooks, including syllabi in
Islamic history, Arabic literature and social sciences. A
large number of the university’s staff has...
Date of source: Friday, April 7, 2006
Despite having been banned by the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy, Natana J. Delong-Bas’s ‘Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global
Jihad’ has received massive support from the Saudi government. Hanān Sulaymān provides a book review.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2001 to Friday, November 2, 2001
A lawyer raised a case to prevent the film "To make God love you"
from being shown because the word "God" in the title was associated with a picture of a young man and two girls in
an improper position. He tried to obtain a fatwa to support his legal case, by sending a complaint with the case...