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Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
A British court upheld the right of a Muslim girl student to wear her hijāb [headscarf] inside her school in a case that sparked a public uproar reminiscent of the one in France about the hijāb in government schools.
Date of source: Thursday, March 3, 2005
Five members of the European Parliament have launched a signature-collecting campaign to forward a written petition demanding European countries to respect individual freedom to wear what one wants; Muslim hijāb, Sikh turban, Christian crucifix or Jewish yarmulke in schools or government...
Date of source: Monday, March 7, 2005
The Qur’an says about the kitābis [People of the Book] that “They are not all alike” [The Meaning of The Holy Qur’ān by Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall,3:113 ].
I just remembered this Qur’ānic fairness when I read about two court rulings and a political position that recently took the attention of...
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
Sometimes I am carried away by the supposed idea that the Islamists’ scenario succeeds and that Usāma Bin Lāden, or others, are able to get the West, particularly the US, leave the lands of Muslims and ending the rule of the incumbent heads of states. In the eyes of Bin Lāden and his likes, they [...
Date of source: Friday, March 4, 2005
In the hectic conflict launched by the West some 1500 years ago, matters went so far that the Cardinals are now viewing Islam today as something that proliferates in the very intestines of the Western communities themselves. They hold that Islam is secularism-resistant and cannot melt in the pot of...
Date of source: Saturday, March 5, 2005
In a country proud of old traditions of respecting public freedoms, the new law under debate by the House of Lords has triggered a fuss because it grants the government the power to arrest persons suspected of having links with terrorist organizations.
Date of source: Friday, March 4, 2005
The United States continued its interference in Egyptian affairs as US Ambassador in Cairo David Welch called for urgent financial reforms as a key step towards overall reform.
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
US police reports have refuted the allegations by expatriate Coptic leaders on the horrid massacre of Husām Armānius, his wife and two daughters, foiling their [expatriate Coptic] attempts to turn a criminal case into a faith-related problem that could be used as a means of political pressure.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
The Dutch authorities took a decision yesterday to deport an Egyptian imām and two other persons on charges of extremism and calling for jihād. The mayor of Eindhoven [Alexander] Sakkers has condemned the decision.
Date of source: Friday, February 25, 2005
With the 100th anniversary of the 1905 law, known as the law of Laïcité, or secularism in France, many French voices have started to call for expanding the ban on all religious symbols, especially the hijāb [veil covering a woman’s hair]. They want to apply this law within all hospitals,...
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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.