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Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
Last Thursday was the first day the law that bans students from wearing the veil in French schools and universities went into effect. The law triggered many unforeseen incidents. The law that caused wide controversy in Islamic circles and echoed in many Islamic countries bans all obvious religious...
Date of source: Monday, September 6, 2004
The annual conference for Muslims in America held in Rosemont, Illinois, was attended by a pro-Bush group, which raised the anger of the conference participants. Participants believed that President Bush’s policies since September 11 has harmed innocent Muslims, more so than the number of...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Islamic organisations in Britain welcomed the dismissal of Harry Cummins, a press officer of the British Council – the government agency responsible for promoting English language and culture abroad. The Guardian explained that the press officer criticised what he called “the black heart of Islam...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
At a time when Muslims in the West are being oppressed and mistreated, optimistic steps are being taken by the European Institute for Humanities to correct the image of Muslims in the West. The institute, which was established in Wales in 1999, offers courses in shari’a and Arabic language for the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
The number of Muslims in Western Europe ranges from 12 to 15 million, which makes Islam the second largest religion in Europe and the fastest growing religion in the case of the US. However, the future of European Muslims depends on their ability to correctly understand Islam and behave in a way...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
The American authorities canceled my entry visa into the US-without any explanations- after I had been granted it. I was accused with all sorts of accusations that I am an oppositional personality and that I have links with extremists and that I am anti-Semitic and look down on women. When I asked...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
This article is a debate between the leader of the Dutch liberal party, Frits Bolkestein and the Islamic thinker Muhammad Arkoun. Arkoun states that there is a difference between open-minded tolerant secularism and dogmatic closed-minded secularism that opposes any kind of religiosity. The French...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
We, Muslims, appreciate the ‘other’ [non-Muslims] on the intellectual and political level. The pressing question is: why does the West misunderstand us? We posed this question to Dr. Abdullah Nassif, general secretary of the Islamic World Union.
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Some Western thinkers believe that the conflict between Islam and the West is mainly a civilization-related conflict due to the teachings of the Qur’an and Sunna and because Islam obliges Muslims to practice jihad against non-Muslims. That is why the West adopts an attitude of hatred and bigotry...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
An Internet site was established to advise women and inform them of their duties toward their husband and children. The main objective of these sites is to rob women of their autonomy and make them subordinate. The Internet sites run by these extremists focus on the role of women as mother and wife...
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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.