Well, Egyptian Islamists care a LOT about culture. They always did. So they are now trying to institutionalize their culture wars instead of just depending on the "charity" of the Musbarak regime. How would this influence literary (and artistic) works? Well. They thought about that and according to one of their leaders:
"controversies about literary works should be resolved either by means of “the popular choice” or by “resorting to Al-Azhar.”
Here you have it: either popular choice or Al Azhar will determine if a literary work is worth reading. This might actually lead to censoring most of humanity's literary heritage, including the Muslim one.
To sum it up in Egyptian colloquialism: "Ya Kharabi!!!!!"
"controversies about literary works should be resolved either by means of “the popular choice” or by “resorting to Al-Azhar.”
Here you have it: either popular choice or Al Azhar will determine if a literary work is worth reading. This might actually lead to censoring most of humanity's literary heritage, including the Muslim one.
To sum it up in Egyptian colloquialism: "Ya Kharabi!!!!!"
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