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Date of source: Wednesday, September 11, 2019
In the immediate wake of the September 11th attacks, Manāl ʿIzzat, a Muslim American engineer at the Pentagon, the headquarters for the American Department of Defense, felt great pain and sadness due to the reactions of her colleagues at the Pentagon. As she walked the halls, she used to hear her...
Date of source: Thursday, November 21, 2019
Photo by Veronica Merlo, 06-09-2019
“Medina cosmopolitiya” (“a cosmopolitan city”) has traditionally been the defining expression associated with Alexandria of Egypt. Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, Alexandria has distinguished itself as a place of constant interaction where people from...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 1, 2019
At a time when the topic of migration is at the center of debate, it is usual to take under scrutiny how foreigners coming to Western countries integrate. Do they learn the language of the host country? Do they open themselves to the local communities? Do they adapt to the new customs and...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 18, 2019
A new report from the United Nations revealed that the number of global migrants reached 272 million in 2019, a 51 million increase compared to numbers in 2010. According to recent estimates, international migrants now represent 3.5 percent of the global population, compared to 2.8 percent in 2000.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Diana Sakakini [Diana al-Sakākīnī] was born in Milan, Italy, from the prestigious al-Sakākīnī family of Christian Syrian origins that has left indelible marks in Egypt as the majestic al-Sakākīnī Palace in Old Cairo testifies. She was educated in Italy but later returned to Egypt where her parents...
Date of source: Thursday, April 11, 2019
The Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory at Egypt's Dār al-Iftāʾ praised the British government's rejection of all anti-Islam manifestations, after dismissing the Advisor of the Ministry of Housing when he made statements expressing hostility and hatred towards Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
The Muslim community in Germany called on the government on Wednesday to appoint an official commissioner to tackle the growing phenomenon of Islamophobia in the country amid increased threats to bomb mosques in a wave of hostility against Muslims there.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 17, 2019
The leader of Turkey’s opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), has called on Erdogan to renounce the Muslim Brotherhood, expel its fugitive elements and adopt a policy of reconciliation with Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 3, 2019
For the first time in history, a British government minister has performed prayer in al-Aqṣā Mosque on the Temple Mount, Jerusalem.
During a visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the British Home Secretary Sajid Javid stressed the evident necessity of political progress to establish a...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
The talk of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by the Iranian authorities was brought back after US President Donald Trump announced cancelation of the exemptions for the purchase of Iranian oil without sanctions.
The American declaration was met by Tehran with an escalation in the strait,...
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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.