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Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
An Italian woman who had embraced Islam, changed her name into Fatma and took the veil, was forced to pay Euro 850 for wearing a niqab. The mayor of the city where the women lives expressed his anger because the woman refused to take off the niqab in order to prove her identity. "The law should be...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
The office of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the state of Florida reported that the University of Sawth Florida, one of the biggest American universities, allowed a Muslim student in the university's basketball team to play the games while in veil and long sport costumes.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
American professors of Arab origin and Muslim faith became subject to much scrutiny. Those professors are sometimes accused of being anti-Semitic or disloyal to America. On August 24, the Chicago Tribune reported about a recent incident in lengthy article by Cam Simpson under the title "Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Al-Beshari, head of the public federation of France's Muslims and deputy chairman of the French Council of the Islamic religion stressed that the Council, that was created one year and a half ago managed to develop a institutional framework for the advocation of French Muslims' causes...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The German government banned an Islamic conference because it will host what it regarded terrorists. The German government can no longer tolerate that Arabs and Muslims enjoy the freedom of expression because of the misconducts attributed to them. Germany, that used to be the number one safe harbor...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
German Minister of Interior Otto Schily declared yesterday that he would do everything possible to see that the first Arab, Islamic conference does not take place. Berlin Interior Minister Erhart Koerting stated that the authorities of Berlin consider the possibility of banning the congress,...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
In an unprecedented move, the Arab League is preparing for holding an international conference under the title "Arab-European…The image of Islam in history textbook in Europe" in the period from 12 to 14 December.
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
The Danish Ministry of Education approved the teaching of the Holy Qur'an in Danish high schools. According the Danish news agency, the ministry's decision will be applied starting from the next school year. Students will study the Holy Qur'an besides Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The legislation regulating the application of Islamic Shari'a is underway in the Ontario province under the arbitration law. The new legislation will allow the creation of an Islamic organization to offer arbitration and mediation services in personal status cases, such as divorce and inheritance....
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Western churches feel envy because Islam resisted, and is still resisting, secularism, persevering the influence of religion in the hearts of Muslims. These churches seek to contaminate the Islamic body with the very same germs that undermined western societies' religiousness. After the collapse of...
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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.