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Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The Committee for Children’s Rights of the United Nations asked France yesterday to edit the law of banning religious symbols so that it does not lead to the expulsion of students from schools. The Committee stated that “the state should guarantee that the rights of individuals are not violated and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The British media put the number of British women who have embraced Islam through marriage or upon study [of Islam] at 77,000. The media stated that the events of September 11 prompted a large segment of British society to give attention to Islam and want to know its values and traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Expatriate Copts are merging successfully into their new societies. I regularly receive information about the impressive success of expatriate Copts everywhere. I am also very glad about the success of the second generation of Copts.
Most of the Coptic success abroad, usually in public and...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Journalists, both Muslim and Coptic, continue to sign a statement that denounces Muhammad Emara’s writings affronting Christianity in Al-Akhbar newspapers. Emara gives no heed to the complaining voices rising around him. He acts as if he is certain that no body can stand in his way. The key mistake...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The board of the Journalists’ Syndicate, headed by Galal Aref, decided to officially address the Higher Council of Press regarding the complaint. The decision was made in spite of objections raised by board members belonging to the Islamic trend.
Newspapers inside and outside Egypt such as Rose...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The latest transformations in Orientalism have given us Arabs the chance to benefit. Arabs should enhance these positive transformations and attempt at producing knowledge that goes beyond immediate worldly interests. Knowledge should be produced that aims at creating deeper understanding between...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Emara writes words that are awaited by extremists and supporters of sectarianism at the weekly Watani to prove their viewpoint that Dr. Emara’s words are offensive to the Bible and Christians. Watani appeals to the emotions of Christians who isolate themselves within church circles and...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
Until the turn of the 20th century, the Balkan nations were under the Ottoman Empire, becoming the subject of study by American and European Orientalists as part of the Near East. With the changes that swept the Balkan area, Orientalism in the Balkans transformed from a dichotomy between self/other...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Today, the Muslim Brotherhood announces the establishment of a center for human rights. This move emphasizes the group’s insistence on practicing public activities in spite of continuous crackdowns by the government. The crackdowns on the Brotherhood that take place every now and then will not be...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new generation of Orientalists is less knowledgeable about the culture of the East than its predecessors. The previous generation of Orientalists was aware of the Arab-Islamic texts. But the Orientalist school is no longer able to preserve its scientific traditions today because of a number 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.