Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 1, 2004
The fate of the book
“Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith”[The responsibility of the failure of
the Islamic State in the contemporary era] written by Gamal Al-Banna is still unclear. Al-Banna
confirmed that the Islamic Research Institute has banned his book while the Azhar...
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 2004
The Ibn Khaldoun Center opened its doors for the thinker Gamal Al-Banna, the author of the
book Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith [The responsibility of the failure
of the Islamic State in the modern era], whose banning was recommended by the Islamic Research
Institute....
Date of source: الاثنين, أيلول (سبتمبر) 13, 2004
Ten years after the publishing of Al-Banna’s book Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil
asr Al-hadith [The responsibility of the failure of the Islamic State in the modern era], the
Azhar recommended the banning of the book because of the unorthodox ideas included in the book. A
heated...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 7, 2004
Dialogue between the Episcopal Church and the Azhar.
Comment on stories about the attempted conversion of Wafa Costantin, the wife of a Coptic Orthodox priest in Abū al-Mattamir.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2004
Many literal works that were recommended to be
banned by the Islamic Research Institute, like “Waleemat A’shab Al-Bahr” [Banquet of seaweeds] by
Haidar Haidar, and most recently Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Soqout Al-Imam [the Fall of the Imam], are
humble and modest texts from a literary point-of-view...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2004
Gamal Al-Banna has authored over hundred books among which is "Mas'ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr al-hadith" [The responsibility of the failure of the Islamic State in the modern era] whose banning was recommended a few days ago by the Islamic Research Institute under the pretext of...
Date of source: الأربعاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 15, 2004
The Azhar overstepped its judicial mission as stipulated by the 1961 law, namely "protecting the Holy Qur'an and Prophetic hadiths from corruption." The Azhar claimed guardianship over religious thoughts, arts and literature, which contradicts with the constitution, the law and principles of...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2004
In this interview Nawal Al-Sa’adawi answers many questions about the attacks on her and the supervision of the Azhar over artistic works.
- See art. 40: A debate on the controversial role of religious institution in supervision artistic material
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 18, 2004
Last week’s conference held by the Ibn Khaldoun Center
for Development Studies on "Islam and reform" has triggered a deep crisis between the Center and
Grand Imam of the Azhar Sheikh Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi following his remarks hitting at the
conference.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2004
Several sheikhs preaching about the miraculous birth of Jesus in the Qur’an.