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Date of source: Friday, November 26, 1999
Interview with Dr. Nasr Abu Zeid about his love for Egypt, his status at the Cairo University and Leiden University (The Netherlands), how it happened he was declared an apostate, how he left Egypt and his views about Islam and the West.
Date of source: Sunday, November 28, 1999
On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh blew up a truck in Oklahoma, killing 168 people. The rumor mill rolled into action, churning out that old bogey: Islamic extremism.
As we now know, the terror that rocked America that day was not of Muslim provenance. But it seems the lessons of that affair are...
Date of source: Thursday, October 28, 1999
"Since you cannot convey reality precisely, since in the last resort there is no precise reality to convey, why worry? All that is expected of you is a good story, so let them have it. Truth? What is truth?" writes Edward Mortimer in "Islam and the Western journalist." And thus the Western press...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 1999
Islam, a religion of mercy, does not permit terrorism. In the Qur`an, God has said: God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers. (Qur`an, 60:8)
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
Muslims are in a difficult situation because of the inability of others to distinguish the difference between various Muslims groups. The world is full of struggles, clashes and disputes. These occur in countries where the majority are Hindu, Christian or Buddhist just as they do where Muslims are...
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
Mohammed Shebl criticizes two hadiths which have been used by extremists to justify their activities. He argues that those who deny that these hadiths lead to terrorism in fact encourage terrorism. The RNSAW asked Dr. Abdel Mo’ti Bayoumi, dean of the College of the Foundation of Religion (Usul el-...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 1999
Atef Helmi referred in his article to Rick Joyner’s "The Harvest" as an example of Western Charismatic thinking. An outline and evaluation of Joyner’s book is given. Hulsman points to the danger of a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
Date of source: Saturday, August 4, 2012
The security forces are searching currently for the perpetrators of two incidents in which there was an exchange of fire.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 1999
International terrorism began long time ago. It began since the Second World War and the Cold war (1947-1991). Due to these two wars, Israel appeared and it encouraged terrorism and used it especially against the people who were opposing its policy. But there are some solutions for this problem...
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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.