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Date of source: Sunday, September 28, 2003
Al-Arabi published the first part of the interview with Dr. Abdel Monem Abul Fotouh, one of the prominent members in the guiding office of Muslim Brotherhood group. It concerns the equivocation of Muslim brotherhood vis-à-vis understanding of culture and arts.
Date of source: Sunday, September 21, 2003
The article is an interview with poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi, the author of the controversial book “Commandments Concerning Loving Women.” The book is believed to defame Islam and was referred by the head of the Book Organization to an Azhar committee to examine it. He defends his book against the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003
The author comments on the attitude of Dr. Samir Sarhan, head of the Book Organization [hay’et el-kitab], towards the crisis around poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi’s book “Commandments Concerning Loving Women.” Sarhan withdrew the book from the market as it is believed to defame religion. He ordered it to be...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 23, 2003
The article is an interview with Mustafa Muhammad, a Brotherhood member of the Parliament who stirred the issue of poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi’s book “Commandments on Loving Women.” He explains why he is against the book and expresses the opinion that there should be a censorship by the Azhar over all...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 16, 2003
A parliamentary member belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood group claimed that the book of poet Ahmed Al-Shahawi “Commandments for Loving Women” defames Islam. The Reading Committee at the Book Association examined the book and issued a report stating that there is nothing in the book against Islam...
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...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi expressed her anger over the decision of the Islamic Research Institution to confiscate her famous novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [the fall of the Imam] which was printed for the first time 20 years ago. The novel was translated into 14 languages. The new battle between the Azhar and...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.