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Date of source: Friday, December 31, 2004
In 1989,
the Coptic Museum in Cairo began a project to restore icons in cooperation with the Dutch Susanna
Skalova. The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Supreme Council of Antiquities have also begun a big
project, funded by an American research center, to count and study more than 2000 icons.
Date of source: Monday, December 27, 2004
It is strange to see Christ , who called for peace, describing the leaders of the Jewish community as sons of vipers and blind leaders. The religious leaders of Christ’s time were
very haughty and corrupted. This kind of religious plague has nothing to do with Christianity, but it is a cultural...
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
The Egyptian authorities released a famous
fundamentalist extradited by Sweden in 2002. They also commuted a lifetime sentence of another to
a 15-year imprisonment.
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
Al-
Qaradāwī has been able to establish himself as a prominent Islamic thinker in the last
few years. In all his books, al-Qaradāwī raised some heated arguments in his opinions
concerning misyar marriage, banning veils in France, etc.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 15, 2004
In an attempt to correct the image of Islam in the history textbooks
of European schools, the Arab League hosted a conference with the cooperation of International
and European organizations on Muslims’ image in Europe.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
The U.S. and
several Western political, ideological, media-related and religious entities, declared war on
Islam following September 11. This war on Islam, under the leadership of the United States, did
not occur without historical precedence.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
The British government revealed a new law proposal condemning
discrimination on the basis of religion. Muslims, who are considered the religious denomination
suffering the most from discrimination in Britain, especially after September 11, would benefit
tremendously.
Date of source: Monday, December 20, 2004
A recent book by a U.S. professor says that 42% of the Americans view
Muslims as people who follow a religion which tolerates and supports terrorists, 47% hold that
Muslims are antagonizing the West and 62% opine that Muslims are practicing discrimination and
persecution against women.
Date of source: Saturday, December 18, 2004
Muhammad Jalāl ‘Ināyit, Arab resident in the United States, has
published a book entitled Political Thinking in the United States, in which he says that some
newspapers and magazines in the United States are dominated by Jews and used to propagate anti-
Islam and anti-Arab sentiments.
Date of source: Friday, December 17, 2004
On December 9, 2004, the Council on American-Islamic
Relations (CAIR) demanded that the Ministry of Justice investigate the burning of two mosques,
one in Arizona and the other in Massachusetts. CAIR is the largest organization for Muslim
American civil rights in the U.S. The Ministry of Justice...
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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.