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Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 2004
Moddather Arani, lawyer of the former imam of Finsburry Park, Abu Hamza Al-Masry, complained of harassment faced by her client at Belmarch prison. She said that six members of his family planned to visit him in prison yesterday for the first time since his arrest, but received a phone call from the...
Date of source: Thursday, June 17, 2004
A group of scholars and intellectuals traveled last week to Europe in order to “improve the image of Islam and Muslims” in Western public opinion. The program aims at eliminating mistaken ideas about Islam. This coincided with an agreement taken by a number of Muslim businessmen in Canada and the U...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Shabina Begoum, A 15-year old Bengali Muslim student living in Britain, said that the school prevented her from wearing a jelbab that covers her entire body except her hands and face. She said that her education has been affected and her human rights violated as a result of this decision. The...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The problem that Islam and Muslims are facing now is primarily an internal problem. The main problem lies here in our methods in understanding this great religion of freedom, justice and tolerance. Some men of religion conspire with people in power in order justify tyranny. Some men of religion are...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IESCO) released a new book in Arabic titled “Al-Muslimun Al-Godod Al-Lazeen Dakhalu fi Deen Allah Afwagan” [New Muslims…who joined the Religion of God in flocks]. The book is authored by Imam Muhammad Imam, a journalist and a media man. The...
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2004
Millions of Arab and Muslim children are the product of the culture of extremism, hatred of the ‘other’ and imaginary superiority. This culture is created in thousands of schools and mosques through half-educated sheikhs and teachers. How can Arab and Muslims entrust the minds of their boys and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Islam is defeated in its own lands or in countries that were previously called Dar Al-Islam [Land of Islam]. Dar Al-Islam was once in conflict with Dar Al-Kufr [Land of Unbelief]. This situation changed and Dar Al-Kufr offered Muslims freedom and humane treatment. This is a very obvious reality;...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
French Minister of Education Francois Fillon warned against any violation of the laws of the French Republic saying that any violation will be met with extreme firmness.
The French Minister made this statement in response to a statement of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France, which...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
A number of Islamic organizations in France, including the Paris Grand Mosque, urged Muslim students and their families to abide by local laws and the secularism of French public schools. A statement issued by these organizations urged [female] students “to avoid all forms of clash.”
The French...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
A new business has started to boom , finding a brisk market in Europe. This business started in France by a group of young Arab and Muslim immigrants who were trying to market their goods by playing on religious feelings. Their aim was to fight American products. They were able create a market for...
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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.