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Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2015
Sayyid Yasīn from al-Hayāt Newspaper argues that the Muslim Brothers are currently using interpretations of Islamic texts that are very similar to those used by the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ). Yasīn believes that “radicals such as the EIJ and the MB are influenced by classic books that are very...
Date of source: Thursday, September 27, 2007
The author discusses the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the ruling political system from the Brotherhood’s establishment in 1928 until now.
Date of source: Thursday, July 12, 2007
al-Sayyid Yāsīn discusses the impact of what he calls the ‘jurisprudence of backwardness’ on the features of every-day life of Islamic societies. He believes that the impact of such narrow-mindedness in applying the Islamic Sharī‘ah affected almost all socio-political, economic and cultural aspects...
Date of source: Thursday, November 6, 2003
The article discusses how true the opinions of the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Muhammad regarding Jews are and the significance of Western criticism of these opinions.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
At the beginning of 21st century, globalization, to many people, is a highly worrying phenomenon, whose effect is being felt throughout the entire world. The author examines the link between identity politics and terrorism.
Date of source: Thursday, June 16, 2005
One of the most serious problems facing Arab nations is the imaginary Islamic identity, namely the inclination of some political Islam groups to invent an Islamic identity which they want to see replacing the Arab, or even the moderate Islamic, one.
Date of source: Thursday, July 25, 2002
The author presented a draft statement for dialogue between Egyptian and American cultured people. A Christian pastor asked whether cultured people [educated, belonging to a higher social class] belonging to the Islamic movement agree to sign the proposed statement while they reject dialogue. The...
Date of source: Thursday, April 4, 2002
After September 11, questions on the role of religion in forming the attitudes of people and whether religion is a problem or part of the solution to many problems were raise, especially as the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks said that the attacks were part of their holy war. American...
Date of source: Thursday, January 26, 2006
The Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization stressed a pressing need for intercultural dialogue so that each and every party may offer its concepts and images about each other. It noted that before the West criticized the Arabs for their political, economic or cultural...
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.