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Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
A prominent Shiite scholar who has close relations with conservatives in Iran issued a fatwa that changed stoning as punishment for committing adultery. He did not mention the new punishment. Worth mentioning is that Europeans heavily criticize the stoning punishment [Ed: Amnesty International is...
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2003
The author believes that the there is discrepancy between the behavior of Muslims and the principles, which the Prophet Muhammad called for. It was this discrepancy that pushed the representatives of the Islamic world to study together the future of the Islamic nation in the 15th General Islamic...
Date of source: Thursday, May 15, 2003
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Date of source: Friday, May 16, 2003
The author comments on the beliefs of the Shiites of Iraq and the effect of these beliefs on their political tendencies.
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2003
The article is an interview with one of the leaders of the Unified Islamic Front that includes Sunni and Shiite leaders. He speaks about the relations between Sunnis and Shiites and the activities of the front.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2003
The author criticizes fundamentalism in Islam. He is of the opinion that fundamentalists believe that Islam is nothing but appearance and rigidity. He adds that those who try to promote fundamentalist Islam mock Muslims and use it as a way to make themselves superior.
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2003
The author gives a historical background about Shiites and discusses their beliefs. He focuses on Shiites in Iraq and their participation in the Iraqi society.
14. A person who claims to be the representative of the Shiites filed a suit to "Get the Azhar back"
Date of source: Sunday, January 26, 2003
The Supreme Council for the Custody of Ahl Al-bait [the family of the Prophet] will file a suit against the Sheikh of the Azhar claiming that the Azhar is a possession of the family of the Prophet that it wants to get back.
Date of source: Sunday, December 5, 2004
Angelic Europe - and particularly France - lets itself to be footed by the strategists of radical Islam. An Illustration came last week, with the green light given in Paris by the Higher Council of Audio-visual (CSA) to Al-Manar, the TV chain of Lebanese Hezbollah, to broadcast in France.
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2002
The article gives an overview of two Swiss books on Islam, "Islam in Switzerland” and "The Arab World in the Eyes of the Swiss: The Middle East, The Core of Conflict." The two books show how Swiss think about Islam and how Muslims live in Switzerland.
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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.