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Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Al-Beshari, head of the public federation of France's Muslims and deputy chairman of the French Council of the Islamic religion stressed that the Council, that was created one year and a half ago managed to develop a institutional framework for the advocation of French Muslims' causes...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The German government banned an Islamic conference because it will host what it regarded terrorists. The German government can no longer tolerate that Arabs and Muslims enjoy the freedom of expression because of the misconducts attributed to them. Germany, that used to be the number one safe harbor...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
German Minister of Interior Otto Schily declared yesterday that he would do everything possible to see that the first Arab, Islamic conference does not take place. Berlin Interior Minister Erhart Koerting stated that the authorities of Berlin consider the possibility of banning the congress,...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
The Danish Ministry of Education approved the teaching of the Holy Qur'an in Danish high schools. According the Danish news agency, the ministry's decision will be applied starting from the next school year. Students will study the Holy Qur'an besides Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The legislation regulating the application of Islamic Shari'a is underway in the Ontario province under the arbitration law. The new legislation will allow the creation of an Islamic organization to offer arbitration and mediation services in personal status cases, such as divorce and inheritance....
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
The debate over the veil renewed with the beginning French school year. The first day of the school year saw no problems. Muslim students who gave priority to religion over study and decided not to go to school in order not to take their veils off are a minority. Those girls decided to continue...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
A television program produced by a Muslim Somali refugee which insults Islam has caused an outcry in Holland. The Daily Telegraph reported that the Somali Refugee Ayan Hirsi Ali, after living in Holland for twelve years and becoming a member of parliament, is a vehement critic of Islam. Her...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
Pupils went back to school in France yesterday, on the first day of implementation of the new law banning obvious religious symbols – among them the hijab – from state schools. This happened without serious incident after the story of the two French journalists kidnapped in Iraq grabbed the nation’...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Last Thursday was the first day the law that bans students from wearing the veil in French schools and universities went into effect. The law triggered many unforeseen incidents. The law that caused wide controversy in Islamic circles and echoed in many Islamic countries bans all obvious religious...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
The annual conference for Muslims in America held in Rosemont, Illinois, was attended by a pro-Bush group, which raised the anger of the conference participants. Participants believed that President Bush’s policies since September 11 has harmed innocent Muslims, more so than the number of...
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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.