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26. Muslim Brotherhood students try to ban theatrical show in Dar al-‘Uloum college
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2006 to Friday, April 21, 2006
Students belonging to the Islamist current in the Dār al-‘Uloum college have issued a statement attacking a play they view as conflicting with the precepts of Islam.
10. Accusing an Egyptian writer of anti-Semitism
Date of source: Saturday, July 20, 2002 to Friday, July 26, 2002
The book of “The Arab Character in International Cinema” was confiscated hours before it was to be made available to the public. The book is said to represent anti-Semitic perceptions. The book touches upon the role of Arab cinema men in international films that deform the Arab character and the...
4. The fever of accusing singers of being apostates
Date of source: Saturday, February 16, 2002 to Friday, February 22, 2002
A Saudi judge called for the hadd punishment* of a Tunisian singer because she allegedly compared herself to the Prophet. Some Arab countries demanded the execution of another singer as it was said that she named her dog after one of the prophets. A third singer was imprisoned as he was charged...
3. An old statement confiscates religious movies beforehand
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002
In 1970, the Islamic World Union sent the Azhar a statement in which it objected to shooting the film “The Message” about the life of the Prophet. The statement did not only aim at controlling the production of “The Message” but at establishing a new policy for making religious movies in general....
23. Playing with religion, sex and politics in the films of Christ!
Date of source: Saturday, March 6, 2004
More than 25 years ago 25,000 people demonstrated in front of Universal Pictures to demand the banning of the film of “The Last Temptation of Christ.” Today, the fuss is being renewed concerning another film “The Passion of the Christ.”
15. "Love Magic" between mosques and churches
Date of source: Saturday, May 19, 2001 to Friday, May 25, 2001
Movie director Ra’fat Al-Meihi is thinking of turning his novel "Hurghada: Love Magic" into a film. The story is about a Christian girl who loves a Muslim police officer. Al-Meihi said that the meaning he wanted to deliver was that each one of us has the right to express his love in the way he...
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