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Date of source: Saturday, June 24, 2006
In
an interview with
al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī, Algeria’s former permanent representative at
the Arab
League, Dr. Mustafa Sharīf, speaks out on his latest book, ’L’islam, tolérant ou
intolerant?
’ [Tolerant or intolerant Islam?], in which he attempts to correct widespread negative
perceptions of...
Date of source: Sunday, April 16, 2006
This article traces the rounds of the conflict between political Islam and the West, the possibilities for leadership of the Islamic world and possible future scenarios, including the victory of Islam, the revival of the Islamic caliphate or the decline and collapse of the Islamic world.
Date of source: Saturday, October 20, 2001 to Friday, October 26, 2001
Western countries, led by the USA, are committing a great historical sin, if they keep making decisions for the future at a disturbed time. They have the right to protect their interests, but to insist on drawing a picture of the future now is a real danger for the whole world. We are all in the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2003
In comparing the conditions of Arab and Islamic societies today to their conditions centuries ago, it will be clear that the predominance of the “violent mind” has mounted. To be precise, however, it is the “culture of the violent mind” and not the “violent mind” itself that spread among large...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Hāla Fou’ād wonders whether U.S President George W. Bush is calling for a war on terror and terrorists or Islam and Muslims.
Date of source: Saturday, January 7, 2006
The author discusses Samuel Huntington’s theory of the changing nature of global conflict and the clash of civilizations between the West and Confucianism and Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
James Turner Johnson, Professor at Rutgers University, sees that Western and Islamic cultures share common goals. Yet he suggests that the hatred that fills the hearts of Islamist extremists prevents them from establishing any dialogue that could help achieve those goals.
Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
The West lays responsibility for the current instability at the Muslims’ feet in the East. Western policy has always regarded Islam as an enemy. Such attitude is clear in “The Clash of Civilizations” by Samuel P. Huntington and the “End of History” by Fokumaya.
Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
The tendency among some authors to exaggerate the distinction between the West and Islam is grounded in a proposed polarity based on mutual suspicion and hatred, or on fear.
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2004
This lecture forms the background to Lord Carey’s lecture in July in Cairo. Lord Carey explained his purpose of seeking to build bridges of understanding between Islam and Christianity. “Compassion and understanding are the only tools to handle hatred and violence.” For understanding also critical...
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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.