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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...
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...
Investigations are underway by the censorship authorities concerning the copies of Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Fall of the Imam” that were leaked to the Egyptian market, although the authorities had confiscated copies of the novel on December 13, 2000. The confiscation of the novel has caused...
This is not the first time I go through the harship of takfir [being accused of unbelief]. I read in a newspaper on June 25 that they received news from the Azhar saying that my book “Shukran Bin Laden” [thank you Bin Laden] was confiscated and banned from circulation. Are our masters the...
Journalists are now among those who are most frequently called up to the judge’s chambers. In the past two months, 28 complaints have been filed against journalists in addition to 400 other complaints that are under investigation.
Last week, the catastrophe of the confiscation of books appeared on the surface again as two books were accused of offending religion. The book of “Shukran Bin Laden” [Thank you Bin Laden] by Sayyed Al-Qimni was recommended to be banned by the Islamic Research Institute. The other book “Tahya Al...
Interviewing 18 Egyptians, including bishops, and one American, about major issues in religious freedom in Egypt and the importance of AWR work
In December 1976, Mamdouh Salem, then Minister of Interior, issued a decision to cancel censorship on books and newspapers. This was one way President Sadat aimed at presenting himself as democratic. The editors and the managers of the newspapers were appointed by the president himself and thus...
Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi answers questions concerning the degree of freedom enjoyed by non-Muslims in a Muslim society. Are they to be judged according to the Shari’a of Islam [Islamic law] or by their own law? One of the freedoms guaranteed by Islam to non-Muslims is the freedom to keep their...
Egyptian public opinion is ignorant about the US Commission on International Religious Freedom. Even some important officials seem to have an inaccurate understanding of this Commission, and persist in rejecting, condemning and criticizing it – believing this to be true patriotism! For this...

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