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Date of source: Monday, August 2, 2004
Three Muslim scholars issued a strange fatwa that was published in Al-Haqiqa [the Truth] newspaper. The three scholars object to the appointment of Dr. Youssef Boutros Ghali as Minister of Finance because, according to them, a non-Muslim must not preside over the Bayt Al-Mal [public treasury] of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2004
Could it be a mere coincidence that the two following incidents are both related to the status of the Jewish community in France? Both incidents are situated in a context of conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. The first incident is an alleged attack on a 23-year-old woman with her...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
A Saudi man called Al-Hussain Bin Abdullah Al-Lehadi claims on his own website that he is the awaited Mahdi sent by God to the whole world. Al-Lehadi propagates his false claim through the Internet and there are people who believe that he is the real, long-awaited Mahdi.
Date of source: Friday, July 23, 2004
The Council for Islamic Relations (CAIR) has started an advertising campaign on American radio and television channels to counter the distorted representation of Islam and Muslims. The distortion of the image of Islam and Muslims has led to many hate crimes against Muslim Americans. The campaign,...
Date of source: Friday, July 30, 2004
Terrorism has not been a product of the Islamic nation and history holds testimony to this. Terrorism is result of nations who lead wars and use media to promote their strength. But when Muslims had power, they were the fairest people in the world. Dr. Abdel Mahdi Abdel Qader, professor of Hadith...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2004
American Muslims are about to make their decision regarding the candidate they will vote for in the coming presidential election in November.
The stances of the candidates for presidency towards the issue of the Middle East [the Palestinian-Israeli conflict] remains the principal motive that makes...
Date of source: Sunday, July 25, 2004
Restoring lost confidence between the Islamic world and the West relies on essential conditions that should be accepted by the two parties. These conditions include recognizing the other, mutual respect, dialogue, tolerance, and cooperation. Regarding prior mutual confidence, a profound trust...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2004
Sheikh Ahmad Aly Othman, whose wife accused him of asking her to sleep with other men for money and beating her violently, came to the newspaper headquarters to respond to what his wife said. He said that he did not ask his wife to sleep with other men and that his wife wants to destroy him.
I am...
Date of source: Monday, July 26, 2004
Anyone who visits Egypt will see Muslim and Christian signs of religiosity everywhere, in streets, taxis, shops, audiocassettes and clothes. At the same time the extent of corruption is constantly growing. What is the reason for this paradox we are experiencing?
The Imam denies his wife’s...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Following the September 11 events, there have been many calls to reform the educational curricula in many Arab and Islamic countries in order to make these curricula compatible with a culture of peace. But these calls divided the world into two parts, the Islamic-Arabic world being the evil part,...
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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.