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Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
Marc Sageman, a former secret CIA agent, has authored a book titled “Understanding Terror Networks.” Sageman, a 51-year-old holder of a PhD in sociology, said in his book that the strong friendship, not religion, was the bond that brought together extremists.
Their love of one another, Sageman...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
The German Minister of Interior, Mr. Otto Schily, defended the racist separation wall being constructed by the extremist right-wing government of Ariel Sharon. Mr. Schily's profile is replete with unfriendly, subjective and unconstructive attitudes and statements against Arabs and Muslims.
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
Islam is facing a vicious campaign after some deviated Muslims joined the enemies of Islam in an alliance tarnishing its [Islam's] image and offending it by all possible means. Muslims are also facing an unfair campaign aiming at picturing them as terrorists whose hearts became void of mercy. All...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
The Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Miguel Moratinos, is among those who offered suggestions that address the phenomenon of terrorism in a practical manner away from the approach based on military power adopted by many others. Miguel Moratinos stressed the necessity of creating a strategic...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Dr. Mustafa Ceric, the renowned Bosnian thinker and the Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina, won the UNESCO peace prize for this year shared with the French Cardinal [Roger] Etchegaray in recognition of his efforts to make peace in Bosnia and the world. Dr. Ceric asked Bosnian soldiers during the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 2004
Omar Bakri, the leader of the group of Al-Muhajeroun [the emigrants] announced that the British police cancelled a conference organized by [Muslim] fundamentalists to celebrate the third anniversary of the 11 September attacks just a few hours before its scheduled time.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
The vast majority [of Muslims] believes that it is not Al-Qa’ida that carried out the bombings of September 11. Many believe that the Zionist movement, the American intelligence or neo-conservatives may be behind these attacks. This way of apprehending events indicates that there is a collective...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2004
Lecture about the unity of God from a Christian perspective, an attempt to explain the Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity to Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
The Council for Islamic American Relations (CAIR) emphasized that discrimination and physical attacks against Muslims increased about 15% in 2002. Muslims and Arabs in America are suffering from persecution and isolation. As a result of fear, some Muslims have changed their names and some Muslim...
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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.