HE SAID: Naguib Mahfouz

According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.




I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.


 
 
 
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.





I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.




We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.