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Date of source: Thursday, November 4, 2004
Scholars got together at the Forum for Islamic Thought that is organized by the Higher Council for Islamic Affairs at the Ministry of Awqaf [religious Endowments]. They discussed many points and stressed that Islam is a form of tolerance God revealed to the world and that it is not in need of...
Date of source: Friday, October 29, 2004
In the talk on Islam’s image in Western discourse, there are two important points: the West is not the same and consequently its discourse is not the same. The second is that it is not sheer “theories” but rather an idea built throughout a history of violent East-West friction.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
In this interview, Rev. Akram Lama’i, head of the Higher Council of the Evangelical Church, speaks about the image of Islam, national unity, US occupation of Iraq, Arab Christians, Zionist Christianity, inter-religious dialogue and other issues.
Date of source: Sunday, October 31, 2004
Sadly one has to admit that the most prevailing phenomenon in the Arab world today is the adoption of violence and hatred as a common culture. Unlike in the 1940s and the following three decades, where Arab societies were more attracted to such values as peace, tolerance, and innovation and more...
Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
The conduct and rhetoric of Muslim leaders and their failure to address the stagnation of their societies has fueled the tensions between Islam and the West. Relations between Muslims and the West will continue to deteriorate unless the internal crisis of the Muslim world is also addressed.
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
Islamophobia, fear of Islam, is a concept created by the West through historical, political, economic and media factors. Several Islamic countries have fallen into the trap of Islamophobia, which makes fixing the distorted picture of Islam all the more important.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
There has been a long-standing, highly ambiguous, relationship between the U.S. and Islamist groups. Under the Clinton administration, the American position was that these groups, as long as they did not resort to violence, have the right to exist and be lawfully presented. After the attacks of...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
Some western mass media consider mosques and Islamic centers in Europe and the United States as "latent enemy cells.” Dr. Sherif Al-Gindi, Director of Islamic Da’wa (call to Islam) in North America, said the US interest in mosques increased after the 9/11 incidents but that was not out of an honest...
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
With neo-orientalists’ hectic media campaigns, how could bridges for rational dialogue be built in a way that offers full and authentic understanding of our great Shari’a?
Date of source: Friday, October 8, 2004
The US society has recently witnessed intensive campaigns attacking Islam, Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’an, including Franklin Graham’s new book which betrays the author’s bias against Islam and ignorance about its teachings, said Dr. Ahmed Al-Bouhi, Vice Chairman of the Islamic Culture...
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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.