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Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005
According to the beliefs of the Sufi group Charity and Justice, Prophet Muhammad sometimes attends their meetings either to give dates to the female members or give them good omens that the time of triumph is imminent and tell them that they have to be prepared, for the political future of Morocco...
Date of source: Saturday, November 6, 2004
The filmmaker of a film that criticizes violence against women in Islamic societies was shot dead by a 26-year-old Muslim man who is a dual national of Morocco and Holland. Theo Van Gogh has raised much controversy with his articles and films that express his controversial opinions about Islam...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 17, 2004
The Dutch government declared that it has taken new measures in its campaign to counter the threats of terrorism and extremist groups that call for “armed jihad.” These measures came after the escalation of extreme-right voices calling on the government to take steps of this kind especially in the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 7, 2004
Dutch police arrested yesterday a 23-year-old Moroccan man suspected of involvement in the stabbing to death filmmaker Theo Van Gogh last Tuesday.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 3, 2004
A Dutch filmmaker, who produced a controversial film depicting Islamic culture in an offensive way, was assassinated by a Moroccan man. Theo Van Gogh, 37, was stabbed an shot yesterday after a series of death threats that he received during the screening of his film, “Submission,” on Dutch...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Norway is now witnessing a huge controversy after a number of churches revealed that they held missionary meetings for Muslim refugees in their refugee camps in an attempt to persuade them to convert to Christianity in return for the church’s aid in receiving residence in Norway. This has spread...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
A recent honeymoon has recently emerged between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world.
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
In his excellent book, ‘Understanding Jihad’, David Cook of Rice University in the USA dismisses the low-grade debate that has raged since 9/11 over the nature of jihād - whether it is a form of offensive warfare or (more pleasantly) a type of moral self-improvement
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
When I used to listen to the Friday sermons some 30 years ago, it was obvious to me that the preachers combined Hanafite-Shaf‘ite teaching. Egypt was characterized by Hanafite teaching at the official level and Shāf‘ite at the popular level.
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
The recent period has seen a lot of talk about a so-called détente between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world, with conflicting analyses about the objectives, declared or covert, of either party.
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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.