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Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Terrorists have changed their strategies after the precautionary measures taken by world countries in airports and on board of planes following the September 11 attacks. Terrorist operations now target trains and train stations, where a massive number of people crowd, especially during rush hour....
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
A Muslim German lady submitted a request to the German Jurisdiction to excuse her teenage daughters from attending sexual education classes in her German school.
The request was overruled. The problem, however, raised various reactions and caused division between Germans and Muslims. This is...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 24, 2004
An Egyptian court issued a sudden ruling yesterday to drop the name of Usama Roshdy, an eminent Egyptian fundamentalist living abroad, from the authorities’ wanted list. The court also obliged the Egyptian government to compensate him for the suffering he has faced because of being described as a “...
Date of source: Friday, March 26, 2004
The British Court of Appeals refused yesterday to postpone a court hearing to withdraw the citizenship of the Egyptian fundamentalist Abu Hamza, who is responsible for the organization of “Ansar Al-Shari’a” [The supporters of Shari’a] in London.
Date of source: Friday, April 9, 2004
An interview with his holiness Pope Shenouda III covering the reality of the clash of civilizations, the different dates for celebrating Christmas and Easter, rumors of sectarian strife and extremism in religion and other subjects.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 13, 2004
We could of course blame the West for the escalating racism against Muslims in Europe and throw all the responsibility on them, but we would be deceiving ourselves. We could say that there has been no real effort to correct the negative “terrorist” image that is sticking to Muslims. This image is a...
Date of source: Sunday, April 4, 2004
Giuseppe Pisanu, the Italian Minister of Interior, announced an anti-terrorism strategy, which he will submit to the parliament in the coming days. The Minister called the new strategy “The policy of dialogue and the iron fist,” meaning that Italy would open its arms to honorable Muslims who come...
Date of source: Monday, April 19, 2004
Eton College decided to appoint a Muslim imam to teach its students Islam. The Muslim imam is an Oxford University graduate, and many people welcome his appointment as they think that it is a positive initiative.
The College already has a Catholic priest, four evangelical pastors, and a Jewish...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
The British Ministry of Interior announced that it would exempt Muslim girls from placing their photos on their new identity cards that the government is seeking to issue in an attempt to try to wipe out the fears of the Muslim community concerning the aim of these new IDs.
The Muslim Council of...
Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
The Dutch parliament has approved closing down Al-Tawheed [Monotheism] Mosque in Amsterdam. This decision was a result of translating and marketing two Islamic book urging punishing homosexuals and applying hadd [Islamic penality] on them to protect the society from corruption.
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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.