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Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
After a year and a half of being shut down by the Scotland Yard police, the Finsbury Park Mosque was reopened yesterday and Friday prayers were held there. Supporters of Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza [Al-Masry] who is wanted in the United States, established their control over it instantly...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Some western mass media consider mosques and Islamic centers in Europe and the United States as "latent enemy cells.” Dr. Sherif Al-Gindi, Director of Islamic Da’wa (call to Islam) in North America, said the US interest in mosques increased after the 9/11 incidents but that was not out of an honest...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
The British singer Youssef Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens before embracing Islam in 1977, was extremely shocked after returning to London Heathrow Airport last night. Youssef Islam was denied entry into the United States for national security reasons and was deported by U.S. authorities when...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
Muslim fundamentalists in the UK will rally in front of the British Parliament on October 10 demanding the release of Abu Hamza Al-Masry, the leader of the group of Ansar Al-Shari’a [The advocates of Shari’a]. The rally will takes place few days before the date of the court session in which a...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Tareq Ramadan, a grandson of the founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, whose visa for the U.S was cancelled last month, said that he was not shocked that Youssef Islam was denied entry into the United States. “I passed through the same painful experience after the canceling of my visa last...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
US authorities have prevented the Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef Islam, because of his opposition to the US war in Iraq. He once led a demonstration against such war but he never called for terrorism. He believes in freedom and the moderate teachings of Islam that regards murder as one...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The American security systems denied the moderate Muslim singer, Youssef Islam, entry into its land. This, certainly, reflects a contradiction in thinking and planning. The Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef, is not like Abu Hamza or Abu Qatada. In fact, he is against extremism and...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Houston, Texas, held a press conference at which it called on political and religious leaders in the state to speak out against the recent waves of hatred against Muslims.
The conference came after a series of recent attacks against...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
An Italian woman who had embraced Islam, changed her name into Fatma and took the veil, was forced to pay Euro 850 for wearing a niqab. The mayor of the city where the women lives expressed his anger because the woman refused to take off the niqab in order to prove her identity. "The law should be...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
The office of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the state of Florida reported that the University of Sawth Florida, one of the biggest American universities, allowed a Muslim student in the university's basketball team to play the games while in veil and long sport costumes.
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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.