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Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
The Kuwaiti National Assembly witnessed a very heated debate over educational strategy and reform of school curricula. The 14-member Islamic parliamentary bloc stressed that it will use its constitutional tools against the Minister of Education in case he was influenced by claims that the current...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Members of the Kuwaiti National Council warned the Minister of Education Rashid Al-Hamad against making any change in the curricula of Islamic education. They demanded that curricula upgrades be limited to scientific subjects in order to cope with the developments of the age and the requirements of...
Date of source: Monday, December 29, 2003
Kuwaiti Minister of Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad announced yesterday that Kuwait is upgrading its school curricula in order to omit any texts that encourage religious extremism.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Participants in the sixth international conference for Zakat [almsgiving as prescribed in Islam] in Doha stressed that Zakat is one of the most important means for eradicating poverty and achieving development in poor countries. They also denied any relation between Zakat organizations and...
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The only Kuwaiti who carries a clerical rank, Father Emmanuel Ghareeb organized a Ramadan evening gathering at the Faith Hall of the church where he is serving which was built in 1931. The evening gathering was attended by 120 persons including many Kuwaiti officials, the Egyptian ambassador and...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2003
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Iraq issued a statement describing the Iraqi president as a tyrant who caused the death of thousands of Muslims in Iraq, Kuwait and Iran. It criticized the Brotherhood general guide and Sheikh Al-Qaradawi for issuing fatwas calling to support him. It called upon all...
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2003
The author criticizes Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi for supporting the Iraqi president and comparing him to Salah Eddin Al-Ayyubi [Saladin].
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2003
The leader of Al-Da´awa wa Al-Jihad group declared that the group is responsible for the incident of shooting the two Americans in Kuwait. He stressed that his group intends to carry out more attacks against American interests if the US launches a war on Iraq. He added that Usama Bin Laden is...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2003
The Kuwaiti General Prosecution started investigating Samy Al-Metiry, who is accused of killing one American and injuring another in Kuwait. Al-Metiry said that he prayed to give thanks to God after he succeeded in shooting the two Americans.
Date of source: Monday, December 6, 2004
In Kuwait too, a suspicious magazine called Al-Menbar alleged that Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab was a homosexual and that Abu Bakr Al-Seddiq was not in the cave with Prophet Muhammad. The magazine went too far as to accuse the companion Khaled Ibn Al-Walid of having committed adultery with the 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.