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Two Young Men Apologise after They Danced and Sang in Video While Wearing Monastic Clothes
Date of source: Sunday, February 2, 2020
Videos of two men dancing and singing while being dressed up in monastic clothes appeared on social media. While some viewers considered the videos to be targeting Copts it later turned out that the two men did not intend to ridicule Christianity. Instead, they were working on a Christian film...
Rīhām Saʿīd suspended and referred for investigation after insulting obese women
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2019
The Egyptian TV Network 'al-Ḥayāh' has announced the suspension of television presenter Rīhām Saʿīd and the 'Ṣabāyā' programme she hosts, after she insulted obese women in a recent episode. The network stated that this suspension will continue until the investigation of the Supreme Council for...
Is there a law for Syrians?
Date of source: Sunday, June 2, 2019
In 1990, the French legislature passed Gayssot Actthat criminalizes anti-Semitism, Xenophobia, Racism and prohibits the Holocaust denial. Since its promulgation,many jurists claimed that its text, if misused or interpreted, can lead to restrictions on freedom of expression.Without denying their...
Explicit Scenes In Egyptian TV Drama In Ramadan
Date of source: Thursday, July 20, 2017
In this report, Misr al-'Arabīyah [masralarabia.com] monitors reactions of experts and specialists to the report recently released by the National Council for Women (NCW) in Egypt on the explicit and violence against women scenes in the Egyptian TV drama during the month of Ramadan.
Al-Qāhira wa-n-Nās issues a code of ethics guide for TV channels in Egypt
Date of source: Thursday, April 28, 2016
Al-Qāhira wa-n-Nās TV channel has issued a guide which is considered to be the first code of ethics for professions in the Egyptian media. The channel has also issued a comprehensive guide to be used in visual media, which defines a set of concepts, regulations and principles related to all...
15. Saudi religious man declares it legal to kill TV owners who screen immoral programs
Date of source: Sunday, September 14, 2008
A controversial fatwá is issued by a Saudi cleric stating that it is permissible to kill owners of satellite channels that broadcast inappropriate material during Ramadān.
13. One-Nil out in theaters and in the limelight II
Date of source: Wednesday, March 25, 2009
'One-Nil' the movie is still stealing the limelight. The following lines present a review of a file published by al-Musawwar on God in the cinema.
15. Censoring the Olympics by Islamic countries
According to officials in Athens, the number of Muslim women participating in this year's Games is the lowest since 1960. Several Muslim countries have sent no women athletes at all; others, such as Iran, are taking part with only one, in full hijab. (Editor's Note: Egypt sent three women; all in...
29. The films of Nadiya al-Guindi, Nabila Ebeid and Rubi are H&#803aram!
Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi issued a Fatwá rendering films and television series with corrupted female characters are H...
35. The World Conference of Islamic Youth calls for the continuous renewal of curriculum and the liberalization of the legislative terms from hyperbole.
The tenth World Conference of Islamic Youth recommended adopting an Islamic strategy for the renewal of schools and universities' curriculum to cope with renewed religious discourse and respond to the suspicions raised against Islām.