Date of source: الأحد, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2001
"The formation period in the life of Mohammed" written by Khalil Abdel-Karim caused widespread arguments. Dr. Abdel-Azim Al-Matani of the Azhar University accused the author of harming Islam and disfiguring the Prophet Mohammed. The book claimed that Mohammed imagined receiving the Qur’an from...
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 2, 2001 to الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 8, 2001
Khalil Abdel-Karim said that his book "The formation period in the life of Mohammed," was historical research relying on a number of traditions about Mohammed’s life before the Qur’an was revealed to him. The head of the [banned] Azhar Scholars Front said that the writer showed no respect for...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 16, 1999
This is the story of the most famous sixteen books which were confiscated throughout this century because of the taboos in our society (on religion, sex, and politics) which stand, like a sword on the neck, in front of everyone who has a certain opinion while the freedom allowed in the Arab world,...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 1, 1998
Profile of the left wing sheik, Khalil Abdel Karim
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 16, 1998
An interview with a controversial writer who questions traditional interpretations of the Qur’an. Al-Qimni and the author who is a religious person apparently clashed over thoughts, resulting in an article that could result in problems for al-Qimni with Islamist radicals.