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Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The author criticizes Pope Benedict XVI’s stance against Islam and Muslims and highlights the contradiction entailed in his claims which remind him of the negative image of Islam and Muslims prevailing in the West. Besides, the author points out that extremism is what makes the Copts in Egypt feel...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Three Al-Ahrām al-cArabī articles in this issue have inflammatory headlines about Christian missionary activities. Drs. Hulsman comments that these types of headlines scare readers and distort the truth.
Date of source: Friday, June 13, 2008
The article discusses recent comments made by Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran regarding the world’s current focus on Islam.
Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2008
Drs. Hulsman and Dr. Burslem provide a detailed report on Muslim-Christian relations based on a review of Dr. Hugh Goddard’s book, commenting on a number of issues including Western perceptions, mis-interpretations, and examples of recent incidents involving Muslims and Christians.
Date of source: Friday, May 2, 2008
Although it is common to attribute the phenomenon of religious extremism and terrorism to Muslims, the many incidents that have recently taken the world by surprise have not been related to Muslims. These incidents include the atrocities committed by Serbian Orthodox fundamentalists in the Balkans...
Date of source: Friday, April 25, 2008
The author comments on a recent speech of Pope Benedict XVI that he gave at the UN General Assembly on human rights and the role that the international community should play to protect them.
Date of source: Friday, April 11, 2008
While Islamic institutions and Islamic scholars do their best to initiate a fruitful effective dialogue with the Vatican, the latter still needs to address Muslims in a more rational and diplomatic way. The author doubts the Vatican faithfulness to its dialogue with Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Hāshim Sālih praises the inter-religious initiative that the Saudi King ‘Abd Allāh Bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz has called for, saying that it may find a way to end the current religious struggles.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2008
The article presents the reactions of Muslim scholars to the declaration that a prominent Muslim Italian journalist was baptized by the Catholic pope in the Easter eve service.
Date of source: Sunday, March 30, 2008
The following discusses an individual’s decision to convert from Islam to Catholicism, and the resulting difficulties he faced.
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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.