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Date of source: Saturday, September 30, 2006
Last week two mosques in south
and north-west France were attacked
by vandals, who daubed the walls with scrawled swastikas and racist
slogans. French Interior Minister Nikolas
Sarkozy condemned the vandalism, noting that attacks on places of
worship are intolerable. The minister called on...
Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The pope’s recent declarations have embarrassed Arab Catholics living in the Islamic world. Western countries have different stands on Islam, particularly in Europe, according to the historical and ethnic experiences of each country.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The head of the Islamic Council in Italy asserts that there is no problem
between Islam and Christianity. For him the problem lies in Western culture that does not understand
Muslims’
attempts to defend the spirituality of their creed. To him the West refuses spirituality, this is a
problem in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Muslims in the West are responsible for showing the real image of Islam. They
can play a
negative role when they react in a fundamental way.
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
Louis Farrakhan, head of the
Nation of
Islam, is facing a critical health situation. He encouraged his followers, in a message on the
group’s official web
site, to go on after him.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author asks why “more of us” aren’t doing more to stop terror. She states that the fifth anniversary of September 11 is both a reminder of the inhumanity of the extremists and the humanity shared by most citizens of the world. She calls for a grassroots movement from all continents and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The new president of the Islamic Society of North America admonishes President Bush for using terms like “Islamic fascists” to describe terrorists responsible for killing Americans. She states that "terrorism, crime or violence" is a proper description for such attacks.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2006
The review considers a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the
ambassadors of Muslim
and Arab nations to the Holy See, in which the pontiff affirmed his respect for all
religions, particularly
Islam, and called for continuing the Muslim-Christian dialogue. He described this as of
vital...
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a strong reminder of the continued war declared by Islamism against the world, and especially the “infidel West.” This article approaches some of the many questions that that have been raised by the war.
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
The launch of the first Islamic banking institution in the Netherlands offering Muslims non-usurious loans.
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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.