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Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 2004
The kingdom of Saudi Arabia saw many violent events and bombings after the Second Gulf War [1991] and Kuwait’s occupation by Iraqi forces. Terrorist acts started in 1995 with a car explosion killing three Americans. 2003 witnessed a development as a
confrontation started between the Jihadi Stream...
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 2004
The terrorist attacks that took place in Mizza in Damascus last week are the first to take place in Syria in a long time. These attacks raised many possibilities about who the perpetrators might be. Many analysts have linked the bombings with the situation in Iraq and Palestine and the feelings of...
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 2004
The Jordanian policed announced last week that it had identified a complete network of terrorists who were prepared to carry out the largest chemical explosion the region has ever witnessed. Investigations showed that the operation was linked to Al-Qa’ida and was supervised by Abu Mese’ib Al-...
Date of source: Saturday, December 29, 2001 to Friday, January 4, 2002
Some media sources reported that the American authorities asked the Saudi authorities to observe the pilgrimage season this year because it discovered that some terrorists belonging to Al-Qa’ida intended to hold a meeting during this season. The Saudi authorities took this matter into...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 12, 2001
An expert in Al-Ahram Political and Strategic Studies Center said that the concept of political Islam appeared in the mid-seventies due to an American study on the Iranian Revolution and Khomeini. He added that Islamic groups are divided into two sections, namely, Islamic religious movements and...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001 to Friday, December 7, 2001
The article gives an overview of the history of the new military leader of Al-Qa’eda organization. The author believes him to be an example on the duality of the West’s attitude towards terrorism. He was created by the CIA during the Soviet-Afghan war and now he is wanted by the American...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
In this article Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi speaks about Islam and secularism, the weakness and disunity among Muslims, the Muslims’ aggression towards the West, the violence of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and the responsibility of the preachers, thinkers and the governments towards correcting the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The Kuwaiti authorities closed 127 illegal charity institutions following claims of Al-Qa’eda organization that the Gulf countries are the largest financial resources of the organization. Besides, the USA required the Kuwaiti government to tightly control such institutions. The Kuwaiti prime...
Date of source: Saturday, November 10, 2001 to Friday, November 16, 2001
Dr. Rifa’at Al-Said, the general secretary of the Tagammu opposition party, believes that Islamizing politics is the essence of terrorism and that the Muslim Brotherhood were the first to use terrorism. He stresses that that Islam is not a fertile ground for radical thoughts as some people claim.
Date of source: Monday, January 15, 2001
Foreign intelligence reports have revealed that Ben Laden has nominated the Egyptian Mohammed Atef, known as Abu Hafs, as his successor in the event of his arrest or death. Arab witnesses backed the report whilst officials from the White House said that arresting Ben Laden, although highly...
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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.