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Questioning the religious dimension of the war on Iraq is the focus of many articles covering the war. Different publications shed light on Bush’s religious background in an effort to establish a link between his religious tendencies and the war. Others wonder whether the war is a new crusade...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Arab media primarily placed the war in Iraq in the framework of the religious dimension. Religion is present in the background of almost all articles. Reactions of religious institutions and figures and the impact of religion on the characters of both Bush and Saddam Hussein are the focus of...
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The overview covers different articles that deal with the role religion plays in the life of President Bush and how it impacts his foreign policy and whether the US war on Iraq is a crusade. It also refers to the theory of clashes between civilizations.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2006
The writer talks about the political role of Islamic groups in
the Arab Muslim world in an attempt
to answer the question: Is Arab democracy possible without Islamists?
Date of source: Saturday, July 8, 2006
The author discusses the unprecedented participation of Kuwaiti women in the legislative elections.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
The Kuwaiti Prime Minister assured the Islamic groups in Kuwait that the governmental procedures would be limited to reorganizing their branches, which are specified for charity operations. He asked the deputies of the Islamic associations to calm the situation down and criticized three Islamic...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 15, 2006
While Kuwait, which is considered a small country compared to Egypt, has stopped using the law to imprison journalists, Egypt still imprisons journalists despite the president’s promises that imprisonment in publishing-related cases will be abolished.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
A new Kuwaiti press law prohibits the imprisonment of journalists.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Kuwaiti magazine Al-Arabi holds an annual forum in order to discuss the gap between the East and the West. The forum discusses issues that are of importance to Arab public opinion. The 2003 forum is titled "The West in the eyes of the Arabs." Al-Arabi Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Suleiman Al-Askari,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 27, 2003
Arguing that music contravenes Islam, a Kuwaiti Islamist MP demanded that music education be banned in all public schools. The Kuwaiti MP proposed substituting Islamic education for music lessons.
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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.