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Date of source: Wednesday, July 2, 2003
Gohara´s comments are yet another example of how US Coptic activists contribute to a poisoned atmosphere. They certainly do not help their fellow Copts in Egypt with such comments but it does help them to create an image among fellow Coptic emigrants to the West as if they are the only one´s who...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
According to the article, Islam is a religion that God intended to reform the universe, and thus it cannot be restricted to worshipping and praying but must encompass the state and politics.
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
France gives full freedom to its citizens to believe in whatever they want. Thousands of French chose Islam and no one has ever asked them why.
The official number of French Muslims is 50,000 but the unofficial could be double this figure, considering that those unofficially announced Muslims did...
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
Though the number of Muslims in Russia exceeds 20 millions, mostly living in the capital Moscow, they are facing many problems. Such problems, however, had not been a bar to many followers of other religions to embrace Islam.
Yelena Vladimir, 22, was the latest person who has embraced Islam.
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: Monday, February 24, 2003
Article with comment. In an angry and inciting tone, the independent weekly Al-Usboa calls for jihad against the US for its impending war on Iraq. It strongly criticizes Arab rulers for their stand towards the war, which they believe is a new crusade and a threat to Islam.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 26, 2004
During a televised interviews aired by Al-Jazeera satellite channel, Abdel-Khaleq, the former member of the formation committee and the guidance office of the Brotherhood discussed the stand of Al-Hudaiby toward “Ma’alem Fel-Tareeq” [Milestones], written by Sayyed Qutb and also Al-Hudaiby’s stand...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The British media put the number of British women who have embraced Islam through marriage or upon study [of Islam] at 77,000. The media stated that the events of September 11 prompted a large segment of British society to give attention to Islam and want to know its values and traditions.
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
On June 1, 2004, Al-Jazeera satellite channel broadcast a discussion between Mustafa Tayseeritsh, the Mufti of Bosnia, and the head of the Tanweer Islamic Center in Cairo, Abu Islam Ahmad Abdullah. The discussion centered on the benefits of dialogue between religions. Abu Islam was the symbol of...
Date of source: Saturday, February 7, 2004
The article is an interview with the poet Ahmad Abdel Mo’ti Hegazi. He criticizes the campaign of takfir [accusation of being an apostate] that he is suffering at the hands of an Egyptian paper.
Hegazi comments that the problem of accusations of takfir results from the fact that we are not...
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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.