Date of source: Friday, July 18, 2003
The Supreme State Security Court will continue hearing the case of Hizb Al-Tahrir [Liberation] Party tomorrow. Three Britons among 26 Islamists, are accused in the case. They, together with the other defendants, are charged with membership in an underground organization that aims at overthrowing...
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2006
This press review dwells on the controversy caused by a project to produce an Egyptian movie about the life of Jesus Christ which has prompted outcries from both the Azhar and the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Friday, July 15, 2005
‘Abd al- Muncim Sālih stated in this article that there is definitely foreign interference behind the Azhar’s decision to allow the circulation of the book by President George W. Bush’s forefather on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Dr. al-Mata‘nī wants the coming series of articles to be a guide for Muslims in reading the Arabic version of Life of Mohamed: The Founder of Islam and of the Empire of Saracens by Reverend George Bush, a distant ancestor of US President George Bush, so as to be able to distinguish between the true...
Date of source: Friday, June 24, 2005
The Islamic Research Academy of the Azhar, has authorized the book titled Life of Muhammad by Reverend George Bush, fifth grandfather of the current President George Bush.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
The Islamic Research Institute decided to ban the circulation of Ayman Al-Zawahri´s book "Knights Under the Flag of the Prophet." The Institute said that the book stirs up the people against their rulers and presents false interpretation of some Qur´anic texts to cause strife and disorder...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
The author discusses the pleadings of Nobel laureate Najīb Mahfouz’s lawyer, who refuted charges of blasphemy pressed against the writer over his controversial novel Awlād Hāritnā.
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
The decision of the muftī of the republic, Dr. ‘Alī Jum‘a to allow the controversial Wahabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad, by Natana J. De Long-Bas into Egypt has provoked dispute among members of the Islamic Research Academy, who had previously announced their disapproval of the...
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
Khālid Bura‘ī presents a list of banned books in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 5, 2006
Inspections on bookshops or publishing houses is the responsibility of the authorities concerned, including the judiciary and the police, the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy said.