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The Attorney General announced that the statement issued by the Azhar Islamic Research Institute regarding the novel "A Banquet for Seaweed" will be considered by the Supreme State Security Prosecution. He had also received a note from Farouq Hosni, Minister of Culture, regarding the same issue. In...
Al-Shaab carried out a fierce campaign against the novel "Banquet for the Seaweed". It opened with an article which stated that the people’s outrage against the Minister of Culture has transferred from the Azhar University to the Faculty of Islamic Studies. Page 3 showed the opinion of some...
The Supreme State Security Prosecution is conducting investigations with Eid Wardani, the writer of the book "The story of the creation from the beginning to the throne". The writer is accused of including insults against the Islamic scholars in his book.
The Islamic Research Council refused the offer presented by the writer Alya Al-Gaar, to let the actress Afaf Shouab play the role of "Al-Sayyada Zeinab". They said that "Al-Sayyada Zeinab" is one of the ten people nominated to enter heaven. Therefore, no one should portray them. Actors in any film...
A battle for seats has been taking place in the Azhar after the promotion in March of Sheikh Sayed Wafa Agour to secretary of the Azhar. Sheikh Sha’arawi believed he should have been promoted and voiced his protest over the decision of the Al Azhar Sheikh.
Sub-titles: Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin: An international Islamic conference is needed to study how to choose the Sheikh Al-Azhar. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani: We must return to the old system: The Sheikh of the Azhar should be selected from the group of the Grand Ulama. Dr. Mohammed Ra’fat Othman: There...
An interview with Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin, author of the controversial book "My father Adam", after the recent rejection of the case to ban the publishing of his book. Here he talks about the comparison of the case to a similar case he brought against Dr. Nasr Abu-Zeid some years ago, and about...
The Cairo Emergency Court decided yesterday to reject the court case to ban the book "My Father Adam" written by Dr. Abdel-Sabour Shahin. The court said that there was no direct and personal benefit for the plaintiff.
The Islamic Researches Council in Al-Azhar decided not to confiscate the books that contradict Islam, and to publish answers to what was contradictory to Islam. Dr. Mohammed Hamdy Zaqzouq, the Minister of Al-Awqaf [Religious Endowments], said that confiscating the books that contradict the Islamic...
Two controversial items in the draft of the new Personal Status Law are Al-Khul’a [a woman’s right to divorce her husband without explanation in exchange for renouncing all her marriage rights and returning the dowry he had given for her], and the right of a married Muslim woman to travel on her...

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