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Pastor Fekry: Al-Azhar and the Church have no right to interfere in artwork

Amany Moussa

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Monday ,29 December 2014

Pastor Fekry: Al-Azhar and the Church have no right to interfere in artwork
Rev. Refaat Fekry, Chairman of the Committee on Information and Publishing in Evangelist Synod, said that preventing the American film of the Prophet Moses, who holds the title of "Exodus: gods and Kings.Rev. Refaat Fekry, Chairman of the Committee on Information and Publishing in Evangelist Synod, said that preventing the American film of the Prophet Moses, who holds the title of "Exodus: gods and Kings.
 
He told Copts United that prevention policy in general is unacceptable and inconsistent with the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech, thought and creativity.
 
He explained that films presenting stories of the prophets are acceptable by the church as the people can differentiate between artwork adn holy scriptures. However, Al-Azhar and the Church have no right to interfere in such artwork.