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Date of source: Wednesday, January 22, 2003
Israeli children´s books describe Arabs as rebellious murderers, predatory animals, worthless and despicable and describe Jews as courageous, strong and superior. They concentrate on the inevitability of war to secure the Israeli existence.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Al-Usbua´s reporting about US interference in Egyptian curricula is the result of polarization between US-government and Egyptian authors who no longer trust information of US government sources. These authors are basing their information on sources they trust but this may result in...
9. The Sheikh of the Azhar denies omitting verses related to the Jews from the educational curricula
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2003
The Sheikh of the Azhar denies that Qur’anic Jew-related verses have been omitted from the educational curricula of the Azhar. He stresses that developing the Azhar curricula has nothing to do with the subjects related to legal sciences and that it is a change in the form and way of teaching and...
Date of source: Monday, September 12, 2005
Cultural plurality is thriving thanks to up-to-date technology and the use of the Internet.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Members of the People’s Assembly have warned that the government is turning a blind eye to the conspiracy being plotted by the American administration to abolish religious education.
Date of source: Thursday, August 11, 2005
Francis Ricciardone has asserted that his first priority as U.S. Ambassador to Egypt is to help the Egyptian people achieve democracy and freedom. Concerning official interference in the editing of school textbooks, the American ambassador confirmed that he will pressurize the Egyptian government...
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
The school textbooks of the Azhar, especially those of the secondary grade, were authored to make a thousand Bin Lādins instead of contemporary ‘ulamā’s who can stand up against terrorism.
Date of source: Sunday, July 3, 2005
President Ahmet Necdet Sezer of Turkey has vetoed an amendment to the country’s new penal code that would reduce penalties for teaching unauthorized courses on the Koran.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Algeria insisted to abandon the teaching of religion in secondary schools as a conclusive solution to religious extremism and terrorism. Although neighboring Tunisia is a model of how to modernize religious education to serve the contemporary needs without having to abandon it, Algeria did not...
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2002
The Sheikh of the Azhar declared rejection of any American intervention in the educational syllabuses of the Azhar. The Parliamentary Committee of Religious Affairs received a governmental official assurances that there is not any American interference in the syllabuses of the Azhar.
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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.