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Date of source: Monday, December 29, 2003
The author tries to reinterpret the September 11 attacks in the light of a play by Edward Albee entitled “The Zoo Story.” The play tackles the theme of lack of communication. The two main characters in the play came together through a knife. The crash of the suicide planes into the twin towers of...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
In a sarcastic tone, the author claims that he reads many articles in the Arabic press that make pretty and heavy reading but are in effect taken from the foreign press. These articles are assembled and their authors give them Islamized introductions and nationalistic conclusions. He calls this “...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The article reports on the annual meeting of the Brotherhood International Organization, held in Qatar. Such meeting put forth questions on the role of Qatar, the new trends within the Brotherhood organization, and the American-Brotherhood dialogue. There was a European-Brotherhood dialogue in...
Date of source: Monday, August 11, 2003
The author compares between the Arab and Western media in an extended image in which he likens the media to a three-ring circus. He believes that Arab media perform in the outer rings of the circus, away from the middle ring where the greatest show takes place. However, the middle ring is occupied...
Date of source: Monday, June 23, 2003
The author explains that there is a difference between true Islam and violent Islam adopted by members of the Qa´ida and other Islamic groups. He writes that Muslims should stand against this violent Islam.
Date of source: Monday, August 15, 2005
The author states that the democracy of the West, which is based on intellectual affiliation between people, does not match the Arab world, since it has not yet been modernized. He claims that the best version of democracy in the Arab world is that which depends on a "change" of power between...
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
President Bush’s enterprise to democratize the Middle East must be seriously tackled by policy makers in the Arab region. It is the primary element in the American war on terrorism as it is the ‘only solution to eliminate terrorism.’
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
President Bush’s enterprise to democratize the Middle East must be seriously addressed by policy makers in the Arab region. It is a priority in the American war on terrorism, since democratization is considered the only way to eliminate terrorism.
Date of source: Monday, July 25, 2005
It is high time that a fatwa was issued judging Usāma Bin Lādin and his disciples non-Muslims. We actually need a spate of counter-fatwas to confirm that Islam condemns violence against the innocent.
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
After the London blast and the assassination of the Egyptian envoy in Iraq, we realized the existence of a problem bigger than the dilemma of terrorism. The new problem is the existence of those sympathizing with terrorism. Unfortunately, there are some of the old guard of journalists and writers...
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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.