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Date of source: Sunday, August 26, 2007
The article considers to what extent political Islam movements have influenced religious intolerance.
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2007
The author investigates an incident in Iraq, where a Fatwá was issued to the Assyrian Christian residents in a suburb of Baghdad, to convert to Islam or face death. He reviews the responses to the crisis, and provides his own perspective on the issue.
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2007
The article discusses the Iraqi crisis, and the escalating terrorist attacks that are ripping the country apart.
Date of source:
Five bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, four of which were close to churches and one close to the police station, caused the death of 10 people and the injury of 73 more. The Iraqi government blamed the terrorist group led by the Jordanian Mosaab al-Zarqawi for the bombings of the churches. The church...
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2007
Ahmad Amīn ‘Arafātslams some satellite channels for inviting unqualified Muslim clerics who issue online Fatwás without having considerable knowledge of Islām. Citing Dr. Rashād Khalīl, the former dean of the Faculty of Sharī‘ah and Law, as an example, ‘Arafāt indicated that Dr. Khalīl issued a...
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: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Tens
of Kurdish Iraqis participated in celebrating the
opening of the Evangelical Church in the province of Kurdistan, in northern
Iraq.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
The sixteenth conference of the Council of the Catholic Patriarchs of the East, held in Lebanon, discussed the rapid migration of Christians from the Arab World. It referred to the practices of the state in Egypt toward Copts as being the main reason behind Coptic emigration.
Date of source: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Muhammad Khalīl
interviewed the Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī, about recent offences against
Islam, the Ḥijāb, Muslim-Christian dialogue and the Shī‘ah.
Date of source: Saturday, November 4, 2006
Yāsmīn
al-Nadīm interviews Kamāl Shātīlā, one of the significant Sunnī symbols
in Lebanon, who is known for his nationalism and objectivity.
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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.