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Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, during his recent visit to Cairo, he emphasized that there are some people behind the fierce attack against Islam. He thinks that they have political interests invested in defaming Islam and associating it with terrorism. The interview tackled other issues as...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Dr. Murad Hoffman’s conversion to Islam was the end of a long course of study and thought. Hoffman compared Western civilization, ideologies and values on the one hand, and Islam, its philosophy and achievements on the personal and social levels, on the other hand. Hoffman wrote a book entitled “...
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Goethe was the first to declare that the call for separating the Islamic Orient from the Christian West is false. He alse said that a wise man takes from both sides and considers matters wisely and open-mindedly. Goethe was also leading those who frankly admitted the impact of Arab and Islamic...
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
The German Muslim intellectual Dr. Murad Wilfried Hofmann, dedicates himself to discovering the truth of Islam. He left his job as an Ambassador and started delivering lectures in different Islamic and Western countries. From these visits, Dr. Hofmann reached the conclusion that if there is a...
Date of source: Saturday, April 16, 2005
In the West they consider the embracing of any belief or dogma as falling within personal freedoms. No matter how bizarre the belief is, even if it is devil worship, it is not met with denunciation or animosity. But when it comes to Islam, it is a totally different matter. As soon as a person...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 25, 2004
The article is an interview with Dr. Murad Hoffman, a
prominent German diplomat who embraced Islam several years ago. The interview includes Dr.
Hoffman’s views of Islam, its distorted image and Islam in the West.
Date of source: Saturday, April 2, 2005
Dr. Murad
Wilfried Hofmann converted to Islam as a result of what he witnessed in the Algerian War of Independence. He authored several
books on Islam, including Journey to Makkah and Islam: The Alternative. Many of his books and essays focus on Islam’s place
in the West and, after September 11...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 6, 2004
The article is an interview with German Muslim intellectual Murad Hoffman. He comments on the issue of renewing the Islamic religious discourse, Muslim communities in Europe and Islamic discourse vis-à-vis the global and humanistic approach.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2000
It seems that Muslims have no other option but to believe that they are destined to fight fierce warfare in the twenty first century and they will not find any way out of its fires. The snares are set everywhere and these snares are getting narrower every day. In this new era, Muslims have no...
Date of source: Friday, January 1, 1999
The article describes a conversion to Islam despite fierce attacks from its enemies.
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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.