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Talking about censorship and freedom of thought, the writer argues that Islām is the religion of freedom as it calls for it before secular communities. It is manifested as the Muslims in the past did not know any inspection courts of nowadays.
Wā’il ‘Abd al-Fattāh traces the history of Najīb Maḥfūz’s novel ‘Awlād Ḥaritnā’ [Children of Gebelawi].
The author blames intellectuals for not playing a role in explaining freedom of creativity and distinguishing it from freedom of expression.
A student of higher studies at the Usūl al-Dīn [Fundamentals of Religion] Faculty, al-Minūfīyah branch of the Azhar University, wrote a PhD thesis deeming that the Rose al-Yūsuf periodical and founder were Kāfir. In week 50, AWR presented a series of reactions published in Rose al- Yūsuf. The...
Zaynab Muntasir expresses her shock over the Takfīr Azhar thesis, and asserts the historical and intellectual importance of Rose al- Yūsuf, warning Arab intellectuals of the danger of ideological terrorism.
The head of the Egyptian Writers’ Union, Muhammad Salmāwī, revealed a surprise when he announced that Najīb Mahfūz’s banned novel ’Children of the Alley’ would be published within weeks.
This article says that Najīb Mahfūz’s novel ‘Awlād Haritna,’ and Salman Rushdie’s ‘Satanic Verses’ triggered an apostasization campaign throughout the Islamic world.
Some preachers came out of the blue and gave themselves the right and authority to passjudgment against well-known Muslim scholars solely because of the fact that theydisagreed with their opinions. The writer condemned these preachers, and their demands to shed Muslim blood over a disagreement...
Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a blasphemous article, by a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against the article, the Government was accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
During the trial of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the defense objected to the prosecution’s description of Ibrahim’s behavior, considering it disfiguring to a great social scientist. Representatives from Egyptian and foreign human rights organizations attended the trial, which took place under tough...

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