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Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
The German authorities have recently deported a ‘hard-line’ cleric to Egypt. The German news agency (DPA) quoted the authorities in Bavaria, south Germany, as having said the unidentified cleric was repatriated aboard an Egypt-bound plane.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
Less than a month after the terrorist attacks on London’s underground system, the French authorities have started to clamp down on extremist imāms who preach hatred, sponsor violence and recruit young Muslims and incite them to jihād.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 2, 2005
The presence of Muslims in Western societies is a phenomenon which can not be ignored. In many countries they have grown to be a powerful community, but Muslims, particularly the second and third generations, are now facing the prospect of having to blend into those non-Muslim societies.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
Two different attitudes towards Arab and Islamic communities in the West have emerged following the London bombings. The first continues to consider that Islamic communities can adapt its identity to modern concepts like democracy. The second attitude is based on anxiety and fear.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
The murder of the Brazilian Jean Charles De Menezes by Scotland Yard police officers has rung an alarm bell for the world’s conscience. The accident took place after British police officers were instructed to follow a shoot-to-kill policy if they came across a person suspected of being a suicide...
Date of source: Saturday, July 23, 2005
European countries are dealing with the Muslim community in the same way that they dealt with the Jews in the past. This eventually led to the Nazi Holocaust. What is indifference towards Islam in the beginning will turn into disdain, suspicion and finally hostility. Most European legislations – in...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2005
Bosnia’s Muslims, who are of European origin, were brutally murdered in genocide massacres by Serbs. If such torture can befall a European - but Muslim - group, what happened to Asian and Arab Muslims who came into Europe over the last century?
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Muslims living in western communities need a policy that guarantees their social integration, especially now that racial and religious diversity are to be part of the fabric of Europe in the future. However, Muslims are aware that they are not welcome in societies that are rife with racism and...
Date of source: Thursday, July 21, 2005
Have the 7/7 blasts in London undermined the diligent efforts of Muslims living in western communities to mingle with the natives, abandon underground mosques and disprove that Islam is synonymous to terrorism? After 4 years of struggling since 9/11 have their efforts come to nothing?
Date of source: Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Muhammad Bouwīrī, a Dutch-born dual Moroccan-Dutch citizen, who is accused of murdering Theo Van Gogh, confessed to killing the Dutch filmmaker in the Amsterdam Court last Tuesday.
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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.