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Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2007
The author narrates a background history to the deteriorating situation of Christians in the East. He identifies the reasons behind this deterioration and discusses the origins of religious fundamentalism and the autocratic regimes in the Arab world.
Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
Radwān al-Sayyid
divides the Arab and Muslim reactions to Pope Benedict’s offensive remarks on Islām into three
groups:
those who accused the pope of intentionally distorting the image of Islām and Muslims worldwide, those who linked
the
pope’s speech to the current international negative...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
The book Al-Islām wa Usoul al-Hukm [Islam and the fundamentals of rule] by ‘Alī ‘Abd al-Rāziq, which was published in 1925, offers a comprehensive analysis arguing that Prophet Muhammad was not a king, and that Islam does not have a system of governance under the banner of belief.
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2006
Radwān al-Sayyid reviews the 2005 book by Thomas Asbridge entitled The First Crusade, which al-Sayyid thinks tries to Christianize that medieval war.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The author discusses Samuel Huntington’s theory of the changing nature of global conflict and the clash of civilizations between the West and Confucianism and Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Radwān al-Sayyid writes about books by orientalists, the importance of translation in gathering information, and communication with the West.
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005
Although the camp offered Qur’ānic, prophetic and historical citations, the Islamic banks have, in fact, offered nothing different from the ordinary ones.
Date of source: Monday, June 13, 2005
Supreme Guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, Mahdī ‘Ākif, denied that his group has started the confrontation with the regime, saying the group "was just practicing their constitutional right of peaceful demonstration for reform, which was met on the part of the authorities with a spree of...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new Orientalism now uses mainly anthropological methods in interpreting classical
texts, and employs sociological methods in interpreting contemporary phenomenon. We lack access
to Western studies of classical topics as well as contemporary issues. However severely we
criticize what others...
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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.