EGYPTS Culture Minister Faruq Hosni has ordered three books withdrawn from sale that were deemed indecent – and sacked the official who published them. Hosni said he took his decision because the books offended standards of decency, denying press claims that he was influenced by a protest campaign by the Muslim Brotherhood. Hosni did not point out the offending passages in the novels “Before and After” by Tufiq Abderahman, “The Children of the Romantic Error” by Yasser Shaaban, and “Forbidden Dreams” by Mahmud Hamed. – AFP