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Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The article recounts the story of a Muslim family living in Northern Ireland and how it was forced to leave as a result of facing many problems after the September 11 attacks.
Date of source: Sunday, July 13, 2003
The article recounts the story behind the establishment of the first mosque built by Muslims of Spain and not immigrants.
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003
The article is a comment on the fatwa of Yemeni Sheikh Abdel-Mageed Al-Zanadani who suggested having a new marriage system called “marriage friend” instead of the boy/girl friend system in the West. The fatwa was issued to help Muslim youth in the West to commit to the Islamic principles. The...
Date of source: Friday, July 11, 2003
The author comments on an article published in Al-Hayat of June 26, 2003 under the title “A veil for the head or the mind?” by Adonees. She refutes what Adonees said about the veil [hijab] not being an obligation, as there is no clear-cut text in the Qur´an in that respect. She disagrees with...
Date of source: Saturday, July 12, 2003 to Friday, July 18, 2003
Egyptian authorities received an Egyptian fundamentalist called Muhammad Mukhlis from Argentina after issuing a warrant proving that he belongs to an organization that threatens the Egyptian security directly, and aims at overthrowing the Egyptian government. Mukhlis is suspected of having...
Date of source: Thursday, July 3, 2003
Sheikh Abdel-Magid Al-Zindani, the chairman of consultative [Shura] Council of the Yemeni Islah [Reform] Party and the president of the Islamic Research University, calls for creating a new marriage bond called “Zawaj [marriage] friend” instead of the Western system “girl friend,” which allows...
Date of source: Monday, June 30, 2003
The author reports that the Italian authorities dismissed the Imam of the main mosque in Rome following his sermon urging jihad. This sermon was greatly attacked by leaders of a Zionist organization based in France and work under the cover of human rights. The Simon Wiesenthal Center considered the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2003
Islamic civil rights organizations and groups, based in the US, expressed dissatisfaction at the fact that an American Democratic senator distributed a memo among his colleagues saying that terrorist attacks can be stopped if terrorists detained in such operations be buried with the bowels of pigs...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 2003
The author comments on a statement that was given by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs titled “Islam and the West between the Past and the Present.” He believes that France is the homeland of intellectual- and cultural tolerance. Despite the fact that there is an anti-Islamic trend in France,...
Date of source: Thursday, June 26, 2003
The author discusses the issue of veil [hijab] in Islam. He believes that all what is said about hijab being a religious obligation is simply interpretations that oblige only those who initiate them. He comments on the attitude of fundamentalists towards Muslim women wearing veil in Western...
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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.