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Date of source: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
"Lola Al-Molaa", the secretary-general of the Women Cultural Association in Kuwait warned people about crimes of individual assault and some other crimes, which some people are trying to say, are motivated by and acceptable on religious grounds. Her warning came as a comment on the recent attack on...
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2000
An Italian news paper revealed yesterday that Islamic extremists were planning to assassinate Pope John Paul II after he returned from his last visit to Middle East at the end of March.
Date of source: Monday, April 17, 2000
The Philippines’ extremist group "Abu Sayaf" threatened yesterday to behead 29 hostages if Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and Ramsey Youssef are not set free. Both men are actually sentenced to jail in United States of America for their involvement in the bombing of the World Trade Center. The group also...
Date of source: Saturday, April 8, 2000 to Friday, April 14, 2000
"Extremism Association" changes according to the circumstances. Extremism that creates terrorism cannot be destroyed from the first time because it aims at destroying the Egyptian society. This association wants the Egyptian people to go back to the stone age. This association gained strength from...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 to Tuesday, April 4, 2000
Dr. Nasr Hamed Abu Zeid , who was accused of unbelief, five years ago, and fled to Holland commented, in an interview with Al Ahaly, on the case of Dr. Abdel Sabour Shaheen’s book "My Father Adam" , which was demanded to be banned but the court refused.
Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2000 to Friday, January 28, 2000
Some people may wonder why these lines are written?! The reason is simply something that happened during the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr. ... I have nothing to say to those who call themselves the Muslim Brotherhood but "Stop harming our good Islam! Because when you commit a crime, the Western...
Date of source: Thursday, December 9, 1999
Dr. Mohammed Selim Al-Awa is regarded as a member of the Islamic movement. In this article (the first of a series) he discusses in an interview the relationship between Islam and politics. He calls for true democracy and fair elections. He also urges Muslims wanting to effect political change to...
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: Thursday, October 21, 1999
A car racing away from a police checkpoint in a hail of gunfire blew up with a huge explosion, killing seven people on Thursday in the central Yemen province of Ibb. Police said vehicle was apparently being used to smuggle dynamite.
Date of source: Thursday, October 14, 1999
A few years ago the former prime minister of Jordan, Taher Masri, commented that "If the 20th was the century of nationalism, then the 21st may be the century of religion". Masri’s premonition appears nowhere more germane than in the stew of sectarian tensions presently stirring (and being stirred...
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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.