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Date of source: Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The religious discourse needs to be rejuvenated to regain its social and institutional rank and to disprove claims of the West that the prevailing discourse promotes terrorism. The reason that religious discourse is lagging is the lack of Islamic heralds and their concentration on minorities, which...
Date of source: Sunday, February 27, 2005
The recent deadly tidal waves known as tsunami, which claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands in several Asian countries, will not go unnoticed by scientific research institutions in the West. The matter, however, is totally different in ignorant backward countries. The casualties were mostly...
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
While some people explained the tsunami as a punishment from God for the low sexual morals of the people of the area where it happened, others explained it as a natural disaster. Dr. Zaghloul al-Najjār stressed that whoever says that the tsunami earthquake is a natural phenomenon is kāfir [...
Date of source: Thursday, February 17, 2005
It would be unfair to deny scientific phenomena mentioned in the Qur’ān, which dazzled the minds of famous, non-Muslim, scientists worldwide. However, it would not be in the Qur’ān’s interest to twist the verses to force some scientific theories.
Date of source: Saturday, February 12, 2005
With the death of Prophet Muhammad and Abu Bakr’s hold on the caliphate, Islam simply served as a pretext for the ruler and his decisions and then as a pretext for the clerics serving the rulers. This has blinded Muslims’ understanding of the role of political opposition within their religion.
Date of source: Monday, February 14, 2005
Throughout history, Islam has established enduring principles and values. It has established a grand nation and a great civilization. But when we look at the current reality of Muslims we will see a great difference between the true essence of Islam and the current reality.
Date of source: Monday, February 7, 2005
Has the Saudi international conference on counter-terrorism conformed to the US vision of launching a war on terrorism? Was it really a new important step on the road to combating terrorism inside and outside the Kingdom [of Saudi Arabia].
Date of source: Sunday, February 6, 2005
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted delegates from over 50 countries, including 15 from the Arab World, for the first International Conference on counter-terrorism.
Date of source: Saturday, February 5, 2005
The Mecca-based Muslim World League (MWL) held a conference lately to discuss the circumstances facing today’s Muslim world. The recommendations of the conference reflected the [cultural] plague that has infected the Islamic umma [nation] as well as proposals for treating it.
Date of source: Thursday, February 3, 2005
The Director of the Islamic Culture Department at the Faculty of Dacwa, al-Azhar University, Dr. Zakī Muhammad cUthmān believes technological development is a blessing that we should make the best use of to firmly establish the right values and culture.
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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.