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Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
The Kingdom Holding Company has announced that the Saudi Prince Talāl Bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘oud, chairman of the administrative council of the company, has donated $20 million to Georgetown and Harvard universities each, in order to develop centers of Muslim-Christian understanding.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Rushdī Abu al-Hasan reviews a book by an American researcher about Wahābism entitled “Wahabi Islam, From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad,” describing it as a very positive attempt to examine an Islamic movement.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Dr. Thanā’ Fou’ād ‘Abd Allāh discusses the issue of improving the conditions of women in Saudi Arabia. Although there is trend that asks for the liberation of women, there is also another stream that opposes what they call ‘westernizing’ Saudi women.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The sessions of the Saudi conference “Extremism and moderation," organized by the King Abdel Aziz Center for National Dialogue, witnessed heated discussions that reflected the completely different views of the participants especially on the issue of the Saudi educational curricula. The research...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
The fifteen Saudis, who were among the nineteen perpetrators of the attacks of September 11, produced a number of transformations in Saudi Arabia. They even became the subject of a series of American questions, which later turned to Saudi ones. From where did they come? What did they learn? How...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
In an interview with Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, Sheikh A´id Qurani said that "sheikhs of takfir" renounced their old thoughts of their own free will and not under any pressure. He believes that the retreat of those sheikhs has delivered a blow to the heart of takfir-based ideology.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 16, 2003
The article deals with the matter of issuing fatwas. The author calls it the “game of fatwas” and believes it is the most serious catastrophe the Islamic nation has ever suffered from. These fatwas permit killing and destruction and then turn to the opposite direction to advocate tolerance and...
Date of source: Sunday, December 14, 2003
The article is an overview of the speeches given in the opening session of the Islamic Institute of Fiqh in Saudi Arabia. The speakers were the deputy of the Prince of Mecca, Saudi Grand Mufti, the Islamic World Association secretary general and the secretary general of the Fiqh Institute. Their...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 10, 2003
These days, Saudi Arabia is witnessing very important discussions that focus on the question: to what extent is the domestic religious discourse responsible for terrorist actions and takfir fatwas? These discussions also address whether Sheikh Al-Khoudar and Sheikh Al-Fahd´s renouncement of...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2003
The author reports that an alleged American plan targeting Islam through creating discord and initiating civil war between its followers, Sunni and Shiites, has been set force by five of the leaders of the Christian-Zionist alliance. The plan was presented to and agreed upon by President Bush 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.