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Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
The West lays responsibility for the current instability at the Muslims’ feet in the East. Western policy has always regarded Islam as an enemy. Such attitude is clear in “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel P. Huntington and the “End of History” by Fokumaya.
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
During my summer vacation, I spent some time reading a book titled “Al-Islam wa Al-Dimocratiya fi Ma’raket Al-Binaa Al-Hadari” [Islam and Democracy in the battle of Building Civilization” by the Iraqi author Muhammad Abdel Gabbar. Abdel Gabbar says that Islamic civilization started when Islam...
Date of source: Sunday, May 29, 2005
Western hostility against Islam, as Andrea Louege explains, is an outcome of deficiencies in European curricula because they lack information about the Middle East and its historical relations with the West.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2005
Imagined fancies of Islam promoted by delusive experts were illustrated in Andrea Lueg’s book titled "Islam the enemy, between truth and illusion." In the west, the image of Islam is influenced by the shocking pictures of news which we all receive everywhere; the image of "armed Muslims" who grasp...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Some Western writers appear from time to time to describe the dangers coming from the East in the form of a terrorist holy war, portraying Islam as a violent anti-Western wave.
Date of source: Friday, July 21, 2000
Rodinson’s book is a project for the joint understanding of Arab academics concerning building a scientific program for Islamic studies. He begins his study by asking many questions, some of which are ’How can we plan for the future of studies of dialogue concerning the Islamic world? What...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2000
Dr. Al-Fayyoumi continues relating the history of Muslim and Christian interaction in Spain covering the period of the Tabannin, the conquering of Muslim areas by the army of Ferdinand and Isabella in 1487, and the treatment of Christians when Spain was under Muslim rule. He ends by calling for...
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2000
Muslim authors are often negative about the loss of Spain from Islam during the time of the Spanish reconquista in the 15th century. The article of Dr. Al-Fayyoumi is, however, different. He says Christians in Spain have more sympathy for Islam because of their history.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2000
After the World War II, world relationships, cultures and religions became interpenetrated. This was due to mass media, conferences and international political, economic and cultural relationships. This interpenetration is unprecedented throughout all history. But the West looks at religion...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2000
"... The truth is, that religious dialogue forces the two parties to attack and defend. They defend against each attempt to falsify their religion and defend their beliefs in order to spread them and convince the other party with them. If we truly want to establish a real dialogue, then we have to...
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.