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Date of source: Friday, November 11, 2005
The death of the Syrian film maker, Mustafa al-‘Aqqād has prompted angry reactions from Arab writers.
Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
In prison, the true character of Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī was shaped. During the course of his trial, he attacked the judges and accused them of being infidels, impressing Usāma Bin Lādin and Ayman al-Zawāhrī, according to the testimony of al-Qā‘ida member, Sayf al-‘Adl, an Egyptian.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 9, 2005
Members of the Jordanian Brotherhood took to the streets in 1990 to express vehement rejection against the use of US forces to liberate Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion. Some even supported Saddam Hussein himself.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 4, 2005
Jordan’s capital, Amman, hosted a four-day conference organized by the Arab Team for Islamic-Christian Dialogue.
Date of source: Thursday, August 21, 2003
The Jordanian Administrative Court supported a prison sentence handed down to Jordanian poet Musa Al-Hawamda by a lower court. Al-Hawamda is charged with defaming Islam in his poetic anthology titled “My Trees are Higher.”
Date of source: Saturday, May 10, 2003
A Jordanian court has sentenced journalist Mousa Hawamda to three months imprisonment for the charge of defaming Islam in his poetic anthology “My Trees are Higher,” published in 1999. Many Islamists issued fatwas accusing him of kufr [unbelief] and allowing his blood to be shed. Hawamda stressed...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 3, 2005
The political-religious ideas of the Islamic Liberation Party are more evolved than the previous ancestral ideologies. They alert youth to confront the alliance between Jews and western colonialism along with the ragged Arab regimes.
5. Jordan: Islamists accused some journalists of being unbelievers because they insulted the Prophet
Date of source: Thursday, January 23, 2003
Jordanian authorities arrested three journalists because of publishing an article allegedly insulting the Prophet Muhammad and his wives. The court decided to close the paper for which they work. Al-Amal Al-Islami Front accused them of apostasy.
See also art. 9 in this issue.
Date of source: Saturday, May 1, 2004
The Jordanian policed announced last week that it had identified a complete network of terrorists who were prepared to carry out the largest chemical explosion the region has ever witnessed. Investigations showed that the operation was linked to Al-Qa’ida and was supervised by Abu Mese’ib Al-...
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
The Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church is accused of selling the church’s properties to Jewish colonialists, a scandal
which triggered uproar among Palestinians and Arab Christians. The Jordanian government demanded the Patriarch, who has
Jordanian citizenship, to provide explanations and...
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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.