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Date of source: Thursday, October 13, 2005 to Friday, October 14, 2005
In prison, the true character of Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī was shaped. During the course of his trial, he attacked the judges and accused them of being infidels, impressing Usāma Bin Lādin and Ayman al-Zawāhrī, according to the testimony of al-Qā‘ida member, Sayf al-‘Adl, an Egyptian.
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: Saturday, October 9, 2004
Marc Sageman, a former secret CIA agent, has authored a book titled “Understanding Terror Networks.” Sageman, a 51-year-old holder of a PhD in sociology, said in his book that the strong friendship, not religion, was the bond that brought together extremists.
Their love of one another, Sageman...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
I wish that you can offer me a contemporarily definition of the word “ Jihad,” that doesn’t contradict with Shari’a and meanwhile, takes the current state of affairs into consideration, so that the Egyptians would lead a better life. There are sheikhs who stir up frictions and add fuel to the fire...
Date of source: Saturday, August 7, 2004
Mixing the two concepts of jihad and liberation has made many Arabs support Al-Qa’ida’s actions in Iraq considering it Jihad. Declaring jihad became open field for anyone who wants to act against his government, his country or against other countries. There is a big difference between the concept...
Date of source: Saturday, July 27, 2002
Rose El-Youssef’s special file for this week contains an interview with Abdullah Annas, a pioneering Arab Afghan and articles on new preachers, how terrorists have exploited cassette tapes to spread their ideas, the Prophet’s perception of terrorism, the Brotherhood’s perception of women, the issue...
Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2002
Members of the radical group Al-Da’wa Wa Tabligh distribute pamphlets about actresses who repented among pilgrims. The author believes this to be a kind of trade. The article gives three of repentance stories mentioned in these pamphlets.
Date of source: Saturday, January 26, 2002
[Rammameen are those who scavenge a living off others.]
Those who embrace political Islam claim that any amendments to their ideology leads to what they call “American Islam.” The establishment of the Muslim Brotherhood marked the beginning of political Islam. The Brotherhood offered America “...
Date of source: Saturday, March 27, 2004
Islamic circles in Britain were shocked yesterday by the statements of Lord George Carey, former archbishop of Canterbury (of the Anglican Church), which severely criticized the Islamic culture, describing it as an “oppressive and inflexible” culture. For the first time, fundamentalists and...
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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.