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Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
Mahallah city, Gharbia governorate, witnessed intensified security mobilization to protect private properties, banks, and governmental institutions as precautionary measures against expected clashes between revolutionary youth and the Muslim Brotherhood supporters. A barbed-wired fence was strung...
Date of source: Sunday, December 31, 2006
Prof. Andreas van Agt explained great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the pasty decades, becoming more hostile to religion and certainly not only Islām. Muslims needs to understand those changes in order to be able to respond better to European critique on Islām and the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2006
The author records the days of
the crusades.
Date of source: Monday, December 4, 2006
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, the president of the
Azhar University, blames the
eruption of conflict in many parts of the world and the
development of the crusades as holy wars on the Catholic
Church’s reading of the Holy Bible.
Date of source: Sunday, November 26, 2006
October presents the opinion of Uri Avnery, an Israeli author, writing
about the “conflict of civilizations.” October writes that Avnery has shown support to the Prophet of Islām
and
Muslims against false accusations and mistrust promoted by the head of the Catholic Church.
Date of source: Friday, November 17, 2006
Transcript of a speech presented by William Dalrymple at the American University in Cairo, highlighting his experiences traveling to Christian Holy sites throughout the Middle East, as well as his personal interpretation of political Islām. He includes references to both historical and present day...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Jamāl Badāwī refers to the importance of a book by Coptic historian
Sawirus Ibn al-
Muqaffac entitled, ‘Tārīkh alĀbā’ al-Batārikah’ [The History of
Patriarchs]. The book presents a clear picture of the relationship between Copts and Muslims during the
early Islamic
state.
Date of source: Sunday, November 19, 2006
British historian William Dalrymple denounces the policies of London and Washington, and
warns of the danger
of the Western discrimination against Muslims and Islām.
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2006
Ahmad ‘Arafāt al-Qādī explains some fundamentalist Western
thinkers’
arguments about the basic principles between the Christian West and the Muslim East. The
difference between the two
civilizations is a basic one, and the clash is inevitable.
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd...
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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.