Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Flemming Rose is a Danish journalist, author and since 2010 foreign affairs editor at the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. As culture editor of the same newspaper, he was responsible for the September 2005 publication of the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons that led to huge controversy early the...
Date of source: Thursday, May 8, 2008
Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Alexy II stressed the need of serious and frank inter-religious dialogue and welcomed the Muslim efforts to initiate dialogue.
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Five bombings in Baghdad and Mosul, four of which were close to churches and one close to the police station, caused the death of 10 people and the injury of 73 more. The Iraqi government blamed the terrorist group led by the Jordanian Mosaab al-Zarqawi for the bombings of the churches. The church...
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The war on Iraq has ended. However, the role religion plays in it is still questioned. Some authors believe it cannot be viewed outside a religious framework and others warn against the danger of associating it with religion.
Date of source: Sunday, January 21, 2007
The author discusses Coptic heritage, and Coptic traditions in the West, particularly in Russia. He highlights the fact that many Russian’s consider themselves Orthodox Christians.
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The
Sheikh of the Azhar declared that any coalition
with the USA is H...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author discusses serious threats to freedom of expression.
Date of source: Sunday, October 8, 2006
This article considers mentioning religion in
the
national ID card as discriminating and that it should be omitted to make people feel equal.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
On the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, the author reflects on the coverage of terrorist attacks by the Arab media. He expresses his disappointment that the victims of such attacks tend to be blamed and condemned. The author asserts that the real reason behind such conflict is the “thousand...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author discusses internal conflict within institutional churches.