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Date of source: Friday, April 23, 2004
Since the start of this year the Islamic world has seen a number of conferences that focus on the change toward democracy. Democratic reform is the only means for Islamic nations to get out of the historical crisis they are going through.
The two cases of Iraq and Afghanistan have proven that the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 15, 2007
The author discusses trends of political Islam and terrorist attacks in the West. He questions why British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has not stated that Muslims worldwide should condemn terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author analyses recent conflicts between the West and Islamic regimes, including the recent conflict between Israel and the Hizb Allāh and asserts that ultimately the war is one of many battles to be fought between those who wish to join the modern world and those who think they have an...
Date of source: Sunday, August 17, 2003
The writer presents an overview of two books: First, “The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror” by Bernard Lewis. Second, “Al Qa´ida And What It Means To Be Modern” by John Gray.
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2003
The author believes that the way the concept of jihad is used should be reconsidered, especially after the terrorist operations in Riyadh and Casablanca. He criticizes the Sheikh of the Azhar for his call to jihad against the US forces in Iraq.
Date of source: Friday, October 24, 2003
The author comments on the speech of Mahater Muhammad, Malaysian prime minister, in the latest Islamic summit. Muhammad declared that Jews control the world and that frustrated Muslims should try to learn from them. In view of the Western reactions to such declaration, the author asked: who should...
Date of source: Friday, August 12, 2005
Most people would find the question, “what is terrorism?”, extremely strange, particularly after the recent atrocities worldwide. Moreover, we all know what terrorism is, because we have either suffered from it directly, or via the mass media.
Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
The first question that comes to mind after the London explosions is: what took them so long? The answer may be that in the past four years the British authorities have succeeded in preventing attacks on a number of occasions.
Date of source: Friday, July 8, 2005
“We have fulfilled our promise and carried out our blessed military raid in Britain after our mujāhidīn exerted strenuous efforts over a long period of time to ensure the success of the raid.” [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4660391.stm] With these words an Islamist group, purporting to be al-Qā‘ida...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The author notes that while reactions to the Danish cartoons have gotten out of hand, the main force behind those reactions was not religious, but politically-motivated groups. He calls on Muslimsnot to blame all Westerners for the cartoons, and for Westerners in kind to not blame all Muslims for...
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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.