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6. Investigations reveal; students have not read the novel but took their impressions from a newspaper. Female students started the riots, stoned the police and their cars
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2000
75 students from the Azhar University were detained on accusations of several offenses. Students participating in the riots, denied reading the book and stated that their knowledge was derived only from information published in a newspaper.
5. 75 students apprehended during the Azhar University riots
Date of source: Wednesday, May 10, 2000
75 students were held in detention for 15 days for participating in the Azhar riots, and for some other charges. The students revealed their refusal of Haider’s "Banquet for the Seaweed". Other articles about the same subject appeared in Al-Akhbar, Al-Wafd, Al-Ahrar of the same day.
4. Statement by the Ministry of Interior about the incidents at the Azhar
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Subtitle: The Minister of Culture: We don’t approve of any form of blasphemy Groups of the Azhar University students gathered near midnight on May 7 at the Azhar University City to proclaim their opposition to the work of Haider Haider " Banquet for the Seaweed". The Minister of Culture explained...
3. In opposition to " A Banquet for the Seaweed", Riots Rampant at the Azhar University. Tens injured during engagements with the police. The Campus area is surrounded
Date of source: Tuesday, May 9, 2000
Students of the Azhar University set fire to furniture and attacked the police by throwing stones.
20. Fear God concerning Egypt and the Azhar
Date of source: Sunday, May 7, 2000
After giving his opinion concerning the freedom of expression, Dr. Ahmed Omar Hashem recounts the role of the Azhar, the greatest institution of religion and science, that has risen in Egypt. According to him the role of this great institution is appreciated by many great historians and leaders.
3. Our campaign is still going on
Date of source: Saturday, May 6, 2000 to Friday, May 12, 2000
Rose el-Youssef wants a debate with Abdel Kafi and El-Ada’iya and claims they cannot support their arguments with documentary evidence. Rose el-Youssef also claims their campaign has strong support from religious people, newspapers and public opinion. They also claim that their aim "is to protect...
18. The "Right religion" is in an ivory tower
Date of source: Saturday, April 29, 2000 to Friday, May 5, 2000
As there was no alternative, people went to the alleged Da’iya sessions. Some of them had great difficulty in consulting the right people of the Azhar over their religious concerns, because these sheikhs from the Azhar set the religion behind the stars as if they were trying to avoid problems.
10. An Azhar Professor requests that the Minister of Culture be dismissed from his post and brought before the Court
Date of source: Sunday, April 30, 2000
Nobody expected that the rage induced by a book of the novelist Haider Haider "Walimat Ashab Al-Bahr" [The Banquet Dinner of the Sea] would become a time bomb exploding in the mosques. Some of the Imams asked for punishment and the termination of the campaign against Islam and speaking against God...
1. The news on their tongues
Date of source: Friday, April 28, 2000
This article presented several opinions for well-known scholars on various Islamic topics. Their opinions were very brief and to the point.
15. The conference for the Dialogue of Religions will be held in the Azhar next month
Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
Currently, the preparations are taking place in the Azhar for the Conference on "The role of religious education in supporting spiritual beliefs". This conference goes beyond the dialogue between religions being run through the co-operation of the Azhar University with Saint Thomas University in...

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