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Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
The Islamic da’wa was badly affected as it has been carried out by people who concentrate on the appearance rather than the core of religion. Islam will not benefit from people who travel to Europe and America wearing short white gallabiyas, sitting on the ground licking their fingers after having...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The article gives many examples of persons converting to Islam after the attacks of September 11. According to Muslim clerics there is an increase in the rate of conversions to Islam.
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2001
The deputy of the US Secretary of State suggested financing the Muslim Imams [preachers] who reject terrorism and agree with the freedom of religions. She suggested providing billions of dollars in finance in order to establish a number of regional centers for religious dialogue. The aim is to...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
In this article Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi speaks about Islam and secularism, the weakness and disunity among Muslims, the Muslims’ aggression towards the West, the violence of the Gama’at Al-Islamiya and the responsibility of the preachers, thinkers and the governments towards correcting the...
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The Mufti of Egypt affirmed that savage practices against innocent civilians and captives in Palestine and Afghanistan are contrary to the teachings of Islam. He said that the events that are taking place in Palestine and Afghanistan are happening because of the weakness and separations between...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The Dialogue of Civilizations conference, organized by the Arab League, provided the opportunity to discuss new practical ideas and suggestions in order to help the process of dialogue between Islam and the West. Still, there is a problem concerning how to turn such suggestions into practical...
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2001
The president of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the People’s Assembly affirmed the importance of changing the Arabic discourse for a better understanding of the other [the West]. He said that there is an Arabic-Islamic revival that should be turned into an active civilizing power. He added that...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The idea of a conflict between civilizations is not a Western invention, but almost an Islamic-Arabic one. Arabs believe the illusion that they are a threat to the West and that the West keeps conspiring against them. They always try to see others as responsible for their failures. Such feelings...
Date of source: Saturday, December 1, 2001
The attacks of September 11 disclosed the existence of a historical misunderstanding between Islam and the West. The image of Islam in the eyes of the West is not good and likewise the image of the West in the eyes of Islam. For the two images to be corrected, a cultural mediator who understands...
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
Dr. Milad Hanna and Sheikh Fawzy Al-Zafzaf, the president of the Azhar Permanent Committee for Inter-Religious Dialogue, stress the importance of the dialogue. They agree that the events of September 11 awakened the Islamic media which urges to correct the distorted image of Islam.
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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.