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Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2001
The attacks of September 11 affected the American religious discourse. There is a tendency to believe that what happened to America reflected God’s anger on that nation because of the immoral life it leads. A second trend agrees with the first one in its concentration on moral issues, but differs...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2001
The terrorist attacks of September 11 brought to the surface the issue of the clash between civilizations, which was thought to have disappeared with the appearance of globalization. If Muslims reject the idea of a clash being there between civilizations and think there should be a dialogue...
Date of source: Friday, October 12, 2001
The author believes that the idea of the clash between civilizations seems to be illogical if seen in the frame of globalization, which leads to dialogue between civilizations not to a clash between them. According to him, it is more accurate to say that there is a state of civilizational aversion...
Date of source: Thursday, October 18, 2001
Dr. Nasr Abu Zayd is upset about the media debate on Islam in the West. Abu Zayd rejects the view that Islam should be held responsible for extremist attacks. The political discourse as reflected in Western media did not mind its language. The media debate on Islam is getting more entrapped in the...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2001
An Evangelical pastor wrote to President George Bush calling for him to resort to peace instead of war in dealing with the attacks of September 11. He expressed the opinion that fighting war and terrorism and spreading peace is a champion and pioneering role and that Bush was qualified for.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2001
The author made a comparison between Egypt’s October 6 and America’s September 11. October 6 is a day of national pride and celebration in Egypt. At the same time it was the day when President Sadat was assassinated by the same terrorist party that he released from prison. September 11 is the feast...
Date of source: Friday, October 5, 2001
The British government published a document proving that Usama Bin Laden and Al-Qa’ida [the Base] group were the ones behind the suicide attacks on New York and Washington. The document stated that Bin Laden and Al-Qa’ida were able to carry out the attacks of September 11 because of their strong...
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2001
The British journalist Robert Fisk wrote in the "Independent" rising doubts about the truth of documents including the instructions given to the hijackers. He wrote that the documents created a lot more questions than answers.
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2001
The USA, followed by the International Security Council, decided to freeze the balances of associations and groups, which support and sustain terrorists, but in their haste they did not differentiate between humanitarian associations for benevolent acts and rescue, and those who finance the...
Date of source: Monday, October 8, 2001
When Madeleine Albright, the former American minister of foreign affairs, was asked about how she felt when half a million children in Iraq were killed as a result of the sanctions imposed on their country, her answer was that it was a very difficult choice. But after putting everything into...
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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.