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Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Dr. ‘Alī al-Sammān, the former chairman of the Azhar’s interfaith
dialogue committee, says the Arab-Israeli conflict is the root of all evil worldwide, adding that there is no clash
between religions but rather a political influence that uses religion to attain its objectives.
Date of source: Saturday, October 21, 2006 to Friday, October 27, 2006
The author deals with a documentary called ‘Jesus
Camp’ in which children learn to sacrifice their souls for their religion and are prepared to take their place in
the Lord’s army, fighting the powers of evil and corruption.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 24, 2006
The author deals with the issue of dialogue
among civilizations and suggestions to strengthen interfaith coexistence, stressing that all parties to a dialogue
have to reject generalized judgments, which, he said, pose the gravest threat to this process.
Date of source: Thursday, October 19, 2006
Kāmil Zuhayrī writes about Roger Garaudy [Editor: a French writer and
Muslim convert], his books and ideas about dialogue.
Date of source: Friday, October 20, 2006
Father
Giuseppe Scattolin, a professor of Islamic mysticism at the Faculty of
Religious Studies of the Rome-based
Pontificio Istituto di Studi Arabi ed’Islamistica (P.I.S.A.I.)
[Reviewer: Pontifical Institute for Arab and
Islamic Studies] speaks to al-Wafd about his interest in
Islamic Sūfism...
Date of source: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy and the former deputy head of the Religious Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, about a number of issues, including the controversial statement of Pope Benedict on Islam and...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
Nahlah al-Shahhāl discusses a new law filed in America that excludes
foreigners from
the country’s laws.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 11, 2006
On
Friday, Danish television aired an amateur video showing young members of the anti-immigrant Danish
People’s
Party taking part in a competition to draw cartoons ridiculing the prophet, one year after
the publication
of the "offensive" cartoons by the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten. In an...
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2006
Dr. Ikrām
Lam‘ī discusses the differences between the clash of civilizations and
dialogue. He argues that
real dialogue is difficult and requires a lot of effort and is more than just
holding conferences between
intellectuals or eminent men of religion.
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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.