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Political and social theorist Sir Isaiah Berlin famously compared nationalism to a ‘bent twig’, ‘forced down so severely that when released, it lashed back wit
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Iraqi scholar Dr. Thābit ʿAbdāllah discusses the economic and political consequences of Iraq under Ṣaddām Ḥussaīn’s regime, who ruled from 1979 up to 2003. ʿAbdāllah elaborates upon the 1991 March Uprisings in Iraq, the Ḥussaīn family relations and the effects of the Kuwaiti invasion....
Date of source: Saturday, December 11, 2010
Hundreds of Christian Iraqis commemorated the fourtieth anniversary of Sayyidat al-Najāh (Lady of Salvation) massacre in Baghdad on December 10, 2010. A lot of public and political figures attended the anniversary funeral.
A Christian sect in al-Basrah (editor: name not given) canceled Christmas...
Date of source: Thursday, December 23, 2010
Headline: Fatwá Shedding al-Barād‘ī’s Blood: Egypt is under the Rule of Law, and We are Not in the Jāhilīyah Age
Source: Rose al-Yūsuf
Pages: 20
Author: Karam Jabr
Keywords: al-Barād‘ī
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Headline: Economic Relations between the Islamic World and the West [in the...
Date of source: Thursday, December 16, 2010
This report focuses on the situation of Christians in the major cities of Iraq, who are fleeing to the relative safety of Kurdistan, according to the report.
It cites a Reuters report as saying that a latest incident, in which an elderly man and his wife were murdered, was part of a spate of...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
The author, Dr. ‘Ādil al-Jūjarī, describes the deteriorating conditions for the Christians in Iraq after terrorist attacks followed them from Baghdad and Mosul to Basra where churches were attacked, priests slaughtered and Christian women harassed and kidnapped.
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author discusses the plight of Christians in Iraq.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Last Christmas Eve, Bashir Toma Elias was shot dead in the center of Basra´s market while he was on his way back home to celebrate Christmas with his five children. Elias´ murder revived Christians´ fear of the growth of religious fanaticism in Southern Iraq, which is inhabited by a...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2001
An Israeli document, referred to by * in his defense file*** ,calls for establishing a Coptic country in Upper Egypt. It shows the target Israel wants to achieve since the 1980s. That is dividing each country of the Arab world. The author believes that this document explains what is going on in...
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.