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3. American University in Cairo: Grand imam did not read banned book

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Year: 
2005
Week: 
47
Article number: 
3
Article pages: 
p. 5
Date of source: 
17-11-2005
Author: 
Nabil ‘Abd al-‘Aziz
Reviewer: 
Shayma’ al-Shami
Article summary: 

Head of the publishing department at the AUC, Nabīla ‘Aql, argues that the grand imām of the Azhar did not read the book he banned, Wahhabi Islam... From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad by American writer, Natana De Long-Bas, prior to issuing the ban.

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Several days ago, the grand imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, banned [Editor: Only the government can ban a book, not the shaykh of the Azhar] an American book, Wahhabi Islam... From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad by American writer and professor at Georgetown University, Natana DeLong-Bas



[http://shopping.yahoo.com/search/all;_ylt=ApH9HDZr.TWWkw1CkYgYJB0CyNsA;_ylu=X3oDMTBkdDZ1ZHBvBHNlYwNwcm9kdGl0bGU-?p=Natana+J.+Delong-Bas&mid=1]. The book, which the author claims is an explicit attack on Islam and Muslims, was barred from the American University in Cairo (AUC).



Head of the publishing department at AUC, Nabīla ‘Aql, accuses the Islamic Research Academy of creating an unnecessary disturbance. According to Ms. ‘Aql, the grand imām did not read the banned book. Instead, she argues, he made his decision based only on a report submitted by a supervisor at the academy [See AWR 2005, 46, art. 2].

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