The donkey gets hungry: censorship and Islam
Article Abstract:
Egypt's State Security Court convicted novelist Alaa Hamed of blasphemy under Islamic law. The sudden impulse toward censorship in Egypt ultimately caught the attention of Pres Mubarak, who intervened to quash the censorship of the works of an authority on Islamic law.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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A war without mercy
Article Abstract:
The raid on a mosque in Aswan on Mar 9, 1993 demonstrated the Egyptian government's determination to wipe out the Islamic fundamentalist Jamaat Islamiya party. 17 fundamentalists were injured and 7 were killed. 6,000 alleged militants are now being held in prisons.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Husni takes on Ali: Egypt and Iran
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Mubarak hopes to get the Gulf states to pass 1991's Damascus Declaration so Egypt can profit by being paid to police the Persian Gulf. Thus Egypt is blaming Iran for recent terrorist attacks on tourists and for plotting to blow up the Aswan High Dam.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1992
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