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Date of source: Friday, April 18, 2003
Saudi authorities dismissed a number of preachers and mosque imams for discussing political issues in their sermons. The Minister of Islamic Affairs said that preachers should not discuss political issues, as they are not journalists or announcers.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2003
General director of the Benevolent Construction Association in Riyadh said that the entire village of Gradwa in Guinea embraced Islam at the hands of a group of missionaries following the association.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 12, 2003
Undocumented stories [rumors] spread in the African Kingdom of Swaziland saying the king is about to embrace Islam. A [vague] source said that the king believes there is a Western conspiracy to overthrow him and he feels that Arabs are his real friends.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
It is not unexpected that terrorists would carry out a criminal operation by targeting holy sites in Mecca and Medina and aiming to damage Saudi Arabia’s stability. After they have killed and slaughtered “Crusaders” foreigners, now it might be the turn of the pilgrims, the “Muslims.” The terrorists...
Date of source: Sunday, June 13, 2004
Dr. Saleh Ben Abdel Aziz Ale El-Sheikh, Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, stated that his country is constantly working to deliver “Islam’s moderate message.”
He added that his government suspended a small number of extremist lecturers from preaching at mosques. This came as part of the plan to...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 22, 2004
The Saudi public was shocked by the release of a statement signed by more than 200 heavyweight Saudi scholars and intellectuals, known to belong to the kingdom’s moderate trend. The statement warned against what they called the “Western liberal perspective” on social life that grants women’s issues...
Date of source: Thursday, July 1, 2004
The horrible terrorist actions carried out by terrorist murderers in Riyadh and Khubar in Saudi Arabia are crimes against Islam and Muslims in the first place, and humanity in general. These criminal actions that were carried out in the name of Islam can be truly described as ‘organized terrorism’...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
We Muslims lose a lot when we surprise international public opinion with photos of beheaded victims. Unfortunately, these actions are committed under the pretext of defending Islam and freeing Muslim countries from non-Muslims. One day after another, we lose our friends in the free world who have...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
A Saudi fatwa that permits mutilating the bodies of the dead has outraged religious figures, especially those who are involved in the field of Da’wa [Islamic missionary activity]. They unanimously agree that Islam respect humans whether they are alive or dead.
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
Suddenly, the Islamic songs are competing with rhythmic pop songs on satellite channels. The Islamic song is no longer confined to reciting only. It is full of music; it is computer processed; and it is produced and directed as a professional and contemporary video clip.
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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.