A group Students in Cairo university the faculty of mass communication , the radio and television department made a documentary as a graduation project ; this documentary was discussing Sufism in Egypt and they named it as " The people of interior".
Instead of having an "A" for their final project , instead of praising them for choosing a very interesting topic , a daring topic and a prefect balanced presentation ; this group is now facing what is like an inquisition trial by the administration of the faculty itself !!???
The administration of the faculty accused the documentary of defaming Islam and banned from participating in the final contest of documentaries at the faculty.
I have seen that documentary and I do not see it defames anyone , on the contrary it discusses the famous controversial practices in balanced way presenting the different views in a wonderful manner. "Unfortunately it is not translated despite it should"
You can see the documentary below
Defaming Islam is a very dangerous accusation that can endanger the lives of those students for real. The fact that the administration of the faculty accuses its students of that accusation shows that there is something wrong in that administration because they clearly they have missed or forgot the role of the media , the real role of journalism , to cover every aspect in the society with all its controversy and leave the judgment to the people , the public.
Of course the students did not sit still as they reached for the media because it is not a matter of degrees and projects but rather a freedom of expression matter.
Now regarding Sufism , well knowing its history and its beliefs I think it is very noble but unfortunately just like fundamentalism , it has been deviated , there are wrong practices for sure that should be stopped yet these practices do not give the right for anyone to consider them infidels that should be fought like in time of terrorist years. If you watch the documentary you can see that many of the modern Sufi practices are similar to other practices in other religions and nations.