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Date of source: Monday, March 3, 2003
The US-British forces seek the support of Pope John Paul II in their war against Iraq, in order to give it a religious dimension. The two countries exert similar efforts on the Sheikh of the Azhar to convince the Arab World through him that power should be used to save the world from Iraqi weapons...
Date of source: Monday, February 24, 2003
Article with comment. In an angry and inciting tone, the independent weekly Al-Usboa calls for jihad against the US for its impending war on Iraq. It strongly criticizes Arab rulers for their stand towards the war, which they believe is a new crusade and a threat to Islam.
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
We Muslims lose a lot when we surprise international public opinion with photos of beheaded victims. Unfortunately, these actions are committed under the pretext of defending Islam and freeing Muslim countries from non-Muslims. One day after another, we lose our friends in the free world who have...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
On the 20th of February this year, 66 prominent Muslim personalities from many Muslim countries issued a strong-worded statement against the American presence in Iraq. They announced their support of the national Islamic Iraqi resistance against the American occupation of Iraq. They did not issue...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
The beheading of hostages in Iraq and Saudi Arabia left the media the world over horrified and uncertain about how much should be shown. Media outlets worldwide, with the exception of Arab media, did not know how much to show or publish about these events. As I scanned Arab satellite channels and...
Date of source: Saturday, May 7, 2005
“We are all aware of our stifling economic problems, security threats by Israel, US pressures, large disparities between the classes, the emergency law and corruption. Those problems of course prompt the emergence of true popular movements that target real reforms,” said Egyptian intellectual...
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2005
One of the wrong concepts that marred the relationship between the Islamic and Western worlds is its depiction as one of a ceaseless series of wars and conflicts; some Muslim and Western theoreticians cite the Crusades in this regard.
Date of source: Sunday, March 13, 2005
The scenes of massive Coptic outrage expressed in Cairo last December in reaction to the questionable conversion to Islam by Wafaa’ Qostatin [Wafā’ Costantine]- priest’s wife- and again last month in Fayoum [al-Fayyoum] to protest the dubious conversion of two medical students, require the utmost...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
It is ironic that when the US declared an international war on terrorism, it resulted in the increase of terrorism. All participants, in the international conference on terrorism that was recently held in Riyadh, unanimously agreed on condemning terrorism and stressing the urgency of dealing with...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 15, 2005
Not so long ago, I lashed out at some fatwas [Muslim religious opinions or decrees given by a Mufti or another Muslim scholar, based on Islamic Law and logical measurement] issued by shaykh Youssuf al-Qaradāwī concerning the slaughter in Iraq under the name of ‘resistance’ as well as others...
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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.