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Date of source: Friday, August 27, 1999
After he was exonerated from accusations of blasphemy and apostasy, Muslim thinker-scholar professor Abdel Sabour Shahin, added fuel to the growing dispute over his latest book when he emphasized that he was abiding with every letter and every word published in his book.
Date of source: Saturday, August 14, 1999
Some members of the Islamic Research Council (IRC) argued that Shahin challenged confirmed facts in the creed, the majority rejected this view and called for debating the issue with the author in a closed session. The inquiry which included prominent sheikhs acquitted Shahin of this offense,...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 11, 1999
The author discusses the attitude of Azhar towards Abd Al-Sabour Shahin and his book "My father Adam." The members of the Islamic Research Council refused to apostatize Dr. Shahin and they asked to discuss his thoughts with them. Shahin promised he will correct his mistakes in the second printing...
Date of source: Monday, July 19, 1999
Concerning the case of Abd Al-Sabour Shahin [concerning his book: ’My father Adam’], the report of the Research Institute confirmed that the book is an example of Al-Ta’wil (interpretation and explanation) for some of the verses and the Hadiths. It is true that the author used his imagination to...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 1999
Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, who accused who previously filed a Hesba case against Dr. Nasr Hamid Abu Zaid accusing him of apostasy and causing the handing down of a judicial verdict divorcing Zaid from his wife, Dr. Ibtihaal Younnes, a development which led Abu Zaid and his family to emigrate from...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 4, 1999
The court looks today in the request of lawyer Jābr Ibrāhīm Jābr to stop printing, publishing and using the book of ’The father of Adam’, the story between magic and reality, of author ʿAbd al-Ṣabūr Shāhīn under the Ḥisba law.
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999
A summary of a recent interview of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin by ’Ataa Abdel ’Aal
Date of source: Tuesday, April 27, 1999
The issue of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin’s book "The father of Adam" still remains one of great controversy between scholars and theologians. Dar Al-’Aloum (the Faculty of Arabic Language and Literature) at Cairo University held a symposium to discuss the contents of the book.
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 1999
The two books ’The Book and the Quran, a contemporary reading’ by Mohammed Shahrour and ’My Father Adam - the story of creation between the truth and the myth’ have such a strong resemblance that is very close to plagiarism.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
The Cairo Court for Urgent Cases will hold a hearing on May 4 on the lawsuit filed against Dr. Abd Al-Sabbour Shahin to stop the publication of his book "My Father Adam. Al-Azhar authorities called for the banning of a book by a Saudi author.
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