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Date of source: Tuesday, March 14, 2006
A new Kuwaiti press law prohibits the imprisonment of journalists.
Date of source: Saturday, March 11, 2006 to Friday, March 17, 2006
The conference held in Denmark over the offensive Danish cartoons called for by the young controversial dā‘iya cAmr Khālid has created different reactions in the West and the Islamic world.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Kuwaiti magazine Al-Arabi holds an annual forum in order to discuss the gap between the East and the West. The forum discusses issues that are of importance to Arab public opinion. The 2003 forum is titled "The West in the eyes of the Arabs." Al-Arabi Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Suleiman Al-Askari,...
Date of source: Saturday, December 27, 2003
Arguing that music contravenes Islam, a Kuwaiti Islamist MP demanded that music education be banned in all public schools. The Kuwaiti MP proposed substituting Islamic education for music lessons.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
The Kuwaiti National Assembly witnessed a very heated debate over educational strategy and reform of school curricula. The 14-member Islamic parliamentary bloc stressed that it will use its constitutional tools against the Minister of Education in case he was influenced by claims that the current...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Members of the Kuwaiti National Council warned the Minister of Education Rashid Al-Hamad against making any change in the curricula of Islamic education. They demanded that curricula upgrades be limited to scientific subjects in order to cope with the developments of the age and the requirements of...
Date of source: Monday, December 29, 2003
Kuwaiti Minister of Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad announced yesterday that Kuwait is upgrading its school curricula in order to omit any texts that encourage religious extremism.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Participants in the sixth international conference for Zakat [almsgiving as prescribed in Islam] in Doha stressed that Zakat is one of the most important means for eradicating poverty and achieving development in poor countries. They also denied any relation between Zakat organizations and...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2003
The author discusses relations between the U.S. and Islamic groups in the light of the conference held in Kuwait under the title: "Islamic Groups and Political Reformation." The conference was supervised by American Karangi Institute for Peace. He believes American research centers try to encircle...
Date of source: Monday, November 17, 2003
Rev. Dr. Sobhi Ouida from Ismailia sent AWR a sad message about the sudden death of his beloved wife. Both Dr. and Mrs. Ouida played such a great role in preparing for the first visit to the land of Goshen, east of Ismailia, in March this year. Rev. and Mrs. Ouida made the first visit an...
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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.