Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2007 to Friday, August 31, 2007
The author, Rajab al-Mursidī, criticizes Dr. Bakr Zakī ‘Awad for his report on Khālid al-Birrī’s book: ‘al-Dunyā Ajmal min-al-Jannah’ [Life is more Beautiful than Paradise], based on which the Islamic Research Academy has decided to ban it. al-Murshidī writes that despite ‘Awad’s rejection of the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 18, 2007 to Friday, August 24, 2007
Due to a report prepared by Dr. Bakr Zakī ‘Awad, the Islamic Research Academy has banned a book entitled, ‘Al-Dunyā Ajmal min-al-Jannah’ [Life is More Beautiful than Paradise], written by a former member of al-Jamā‘ah al-Islāmīyah, Mr. Khālid al-Birrī.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Hibah al-Sharqāwī, the author, criticizes the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy for practicing a form of intellectual terrorism when it claims the right to confiscate books not only with Islamic themes but books from all other fields as well.