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Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005
President Jacques Chirac forewarns that Turkey’s rejection by Europe may cause it to move towards fundamentalism and fanaticism.
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
Many alternatives were suggested to uproot terrorism. Some of these alternatives were shocking and full of insanity. Alternative 1: suggests that the most advantageous way to overcome terrorism is atheism. Alternative 2: To methodically help immorality prevail in order to distract the youth from...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Western churches feel envy because Islam resisted, and is still resisting, secularism, persevering the influence of religion in the hearts of Muslims. These churches seek to contaminate the Islamic body with the very same germs that undermined western societies' religiousness. After the collapse of...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
This article is a debate between the leader of the Dutch liberal party, Frits Bolkestein and the Islamic thinker Muhammad Arkoun. Arkoun states that there is a difference between open-minded tolerant secularism and dogmatic closed-minded secularism that opposes any kind of religiosity. The French...
Date of source: Friday, September 3, 2004
The real and present danger is Islamized secularism. Secularism in its general essence makes no demands of humanity except as a basis for life completely removed from faith in the existence of God. What follows is the transformation of clear rules into relative matters which change according to [...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
American researcher Cheryl Benard has recently published a report on the current condition of Islam with the Rand Corporation, which is considered the strategic mind of America. The researcher said with surprising forthrightness that “The West should interfere – using a well-set plan - in...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
I have some remarks about the American report about the Islamic situation [i.e. “Civil Democratic Islam… Partners, Resources, and Strategies”]. This report was not made for philanthropic purposes but at the expense of the US Department of Defense. The report was issued by the National Security...
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2002
The text of a letter from intellectual Tareq Heggi to Saudi Prince Khaled Al-Faysel. Heggi criticizes Wahhabism and argues that he cannot be a member of the Arab Thought Institute because his thoughts are different from the thoughts of most of its members.
Date of source: Saturday, February 2, 2002
The English word “secularism” was incorrectly translated into Arabic as “ilmaniya” while it should be “almaniya.” The first is derived from “ilm” which means “science” and thus indicated a contradiction between religion and science –which is not true. The latter is derived from “alam” which means “...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2003
The author comments on secularism in the Arab world. He believes that secularism cannot be applied in the Arab world, part of which is Iraq. Since this is the case and since the American Administration cannot convince the Sunnis and Shiites in Iraq to abandon the idea of establishing a religious...
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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.