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Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
Maxime Rodinson died last week at the age of 89. Perhaps this is the opportunity to defend the French Orientalist from Arab accusations and the subsequent marginalization of his role and works. While Cairo protested his book about the Prophet Muhammad thirty years ago, the Beirut publishing house...
Date of source: Sunday, June 6, 2004
The Egyptian Higher Institute for Culture sponsored the Conference on Translating and Connecting Cultures, aiming to connect civilizations and eliminate misunderstandings between different cultures. As a result of the political conditions surrounding the Arab region, participants spent the four...
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
The first Egyptian Islamic caravan left Cairo yesterday to hold meetings with British organizations on an eight-day tour to correct mistaken ideas about Islam.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The first Egyptian delegation of scholars and intellectuals left yesterday to correct the image of Islam in the West by making its first stop in the British capital of London, then touring a number of European and American capitals.
Date of source: Monday, June 7, 2004
An Egyptian delegation headed by Dr. Usama Al-Baz, political advisor to President Mubarak, left Cairo yesterday for London on a European-American tour to correct the image of Islam in the West. The delegation includes the Grand Mufti, Ali Goma’a, Deputy President of the National Council for Human...
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The Brotherhood Supreme Guide Muhammad Akef regarded the arrest of about 60 Brotherhood members a message directed to him because he crossed red lines.
Akef called upon the government to open a dialogue with him instead of applying the policy of indirect messages.
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
I feel that British intellectuals are divided. One group, which includes Bernard Lewis, takes a hostile attitude towards Islam and propagates anti-Islam thoughts in universities and research centers. The other group, which includes Alfred Holiday, understands the reality of Islam and defends it,...
Date of source: Monday, June 21, 2004
Al-Usbua received documents that confirmed that eliminating the Azhar institutes comes as part of the plan to Americanize the religious discourse in Egypt and the Arab World. Washington believes that the religious educational curricula instill hatred against all things American. For the U.S. to...
Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
Preachers’ salons are back again. These salons are now the fashion among women from the elite class and the wealthy, not only in Cairo but also in a number of governorates. The women are first attracted to such salons by [the desire to hear] Qur’an and learn it by heart. These Qur’an lessons later...
Date of source: Friday, June 18, 2004
The American University in Cairo has put a strange condition on its admissions application: Any girl who applies to AUC cannot wear the niqab and must accept all university policy. The application also requires the student or her parents to sign a vow that she will not wear anything that covers her...
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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.