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Date of source: Friday, June 6, 2003
The Deputy of the Azhar comments on the ruling of the Administrative Court that canceled the decision of the Azhar concerning banning a three-part religious book by Said Muhammad Hassan. He says that Islamic Research Institute does not violate the freedom of thought as long as it does not...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 27, 2003
The article gives the text of the legal findings of the Administrative Court ruling, which canceled the decision of the Islamic Research Institute concerning banning a three-volume religious book by Said Muhammad Hassan.
Date of source: Sunday, May 1, 2005
In his new book al-Islām wa al-Dawla al-Madanīya [Islam and the civil state], Dr. cAbd al-Muctī Bayyoumī totally opposes the notion of a religious state and regards it as a big contradiction with the spirit of Islam. Moreover, he assures that the state of Prophet Mohamed (PBUH) was absolutely a...
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Azhar’s Islamic Research Institute under Grand Imām Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī approved banning the publication of books that “foment sedition and cause rifts in the Arab and Muslim ranks.”
Date of source: Monday, April 4, 2005
The Azhar al-Sharīf declared its support for a document on religious rights issued by a group of Christians and Muslims in the United States, calling itself “Ambassadors for Peace.” His Eminence, the Grand Imām Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, Shaykh of the Azhar, asserted his support for anyone...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 28, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] has been banned. Many
intellectuals have launched a campaign against banning whether by religious or political
authorities. But some intellectuals refused to support Al-Sa’adawi’s novel because they claimed
that has little...
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2004
America is interfering in the affairs of others with all possible
means. The latest attempt was the visit of a fact-finding delegation of the US Commission on
International Religious Freedom to Egypt. The US delegation was comprised of nine commissioners,
including its Jewish head. Four of the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 21, 2004 to Saturday, August 28, 2004
The Islamic Research Institute issued
a decision to ban the book “The responsibility for the failure of the Islamic State in the modern
era,” written by Gamal Al-Banna. The book was published ten years ago but was recently sent by
the police station of Kafr Al-Sheikh to the institute to review...
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 2004
A book
written by Gamal Al-Banna, the brother of Hassan Al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, was
banned. The book is titled Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith [The
responsibility for the failure of the Islamic State in the modern era]. The book discusses the
issue...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 2004
Some trends have intentionally sought to stoke the fire by depicting the Azhar as an
institution that aims to impede creativity and stifle freedom and artists. Real artists and
intellectuals are not those who are after fame, power and money to the detriment of principles
and values. There are...
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.