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Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author calls upon religious leaders not to instigate fanaticism while at the same pleading for a better understanding of the West and being true to one’s own belief.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author reflects on the outrage following the controversial lecture given by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany and more broadly on the way that people respond to religious defamation or vilification.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Western history is full of falsifications against
Islam. The real conflict is not between
Muslims and Christians of the region, but between the West and the Islamic
orient.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
An Egyptian secular
Muslim living in Italy says that the Pope’s
discourse should be discussed and understood in an objective way, far
from fundamentalism and
violence.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The head of the Islamic Council in Italy asserts that there is no problem
between Islam and Christianity. For him the problem lies in Western culture that does not understand
Muslims’
attempts to defend the spirituality of their creed. To him the West refuses spirituality, this is a
problem in...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 12, 1997
Fahmy Huweidy discusses responses he received to an article he wrote previously. He finds the Coptic associations in North America extreme, but many Copts in Egypt defend their behaviour.Huweidy was asked to write this time about the situation of the Copts in Egypt. Is there persecution or not?...
Date of source: Saturday, July 26, 1997
Subtitle:The case is closed and the murderer is knownIn the past three months three Egyptians have been killed in Europe. The third was a businessman in Holland. "The case is closed and the murderer is known" is the conclusion of the author. Overseas authorities do not care for the death of an...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 1997
With the long confrontation between the two civilizations, Islam and the West, the two sides inherited deep-rooted ideas about each other. The Christian and Jewish West does not acknowledge Islam as a heavenly religion. This is the most prominent and dangerous idea inherited by the West....
Date of source: Tuesday, July 29, 1997
Subtitles: Prominent Copts refuse the American interference in their affairsGeorge Isaac; Take care, some secularist Copts are taking advantage of these reports. Dr. Rafik Habib: America is the last to talk about the human rights in the world. Bishop Aghathon: America is not a country of religions...
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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.