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====Date: [[:Category: | ====Date: [[:Category:1998|1998]]==== | ||
====Region: [[:Category:Africa|Africa]]==== | |||
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====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]==== | |||
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'''Artist:''' Maxime Rodinson | '''Artist:''' Maxime Rodinson (1915 - 2004) | ||
'''Confronting Bodies:''' American University in Cairo, Salah Montasser, Egyptian High Education Ministry | '''Confronting Bodies:''' American University in Cairo, Salah Montasser, Egyptian High Education Ministry | ||
'''Date of Action:''' May 1998 | |||
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'''Location:''' Cairo, Egypt | '''Location:''' Cairo, Egypt | ||
'''Description of Artwork:''' Rodinson's book, ''Muhammad'', is described as a mildly revisionist, psychological approach to the prophet Muhammad. <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' An Egyptian newspaper reporter, Salah Montasser, attacked the book in ''al-Ahram'', suggesting that it "denigrated the Islamic faith" and requested that it be removed from the school's curriculum <P> | |||
'''The Incident:''' An Egyptian newspaper reporter, Salah Montasser, attacked the book in | |||
'''Results of Incident:''' The American University in Cairo went beyond the Higher Education Ministry and the columnist's requests and removed the book from both the course and the library shelves. <P> | '''Results of Incident:''' The American University in Cairo went beyond the Higher Education Ministry and the columnist's requests and removed the book from both the course and the library shelves. <P> | ||
'''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 4/98 | '''Source:''' Index on Censorship, 4/98 | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:40, 28 December 2011
Date: 1998
Region: Africa
Subject: Religious
Medium: Literature
Artist: Maxime Rodinson (1915 - 2004)
Confronting Bodies: American University in Cairo, Salah Montasser, Egyptian High Education Ministry
Date of Action: May 1998
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Description of Artwork: Rodinson's book, Muhammad, is described as a mildly revisionist, psychological approach to the prophet Muhammad.
The Incident: An Egyptian newspaper reporter, Salah Montasser, attacked the book in al-Ahram, suggesting that it "denigrated the Islamic faith" and requested that it be removed from the school's curriculum
Results of Incident: The American University in Cairo went beyond the Higher Education Ministry and the columnist's requests and removed the book from both the course and the library shelves.
Source: Index on Censorship, 4/98
