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Date of source: Saturday, December 31, 2011
Previously, I have written in Arab-West Report about people who have influenced me, such as former Dutch Consul-General to Saudi Arabia, Daniel van der Meulen (1894–1989), who stimulated my interest in the Arab world and Muslim-Christian relations. Syrian-Orthodox Bishop, Samuel Aktash of the Tur...
Date of source: Thursday, March 20, 2008
The following presents a petition filed by the Center for Arab-West Understanding condemning Geert Wilders’ provocative statements in his film ’Fitna.’
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2008
The following article presents a brief overview of the visit of a Dutch delegation to Egypt.
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Two people were arrested following a 14-hour anti-terror operation by Dutch police forces, ending a standoff with suspected Islamic terrorists that lasted all day in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. Three police officers were wounded during the raid by a grenade hurled by the suspects. Moreover, the...
Date of source: Friday, February 23, 2007
The Rotterdam Court decided yesterday, on recommendation of the Public Prosecutor, to extend the detention of five men and a woman who are suspected of recruiting Muslims to participate in armed Jihād operations worldwide.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The Egyptian Minister of Culture decided that Egypt will contribute a huge stone of Assuan granite to the monument for the Unknown Child in The Netherlands. His decision was followed by the visit of Mirjam and Sil van Oort, two representatives of the Rose Foundation, between December 7 and 17 2003...
Date of source: Sunday, September 7, 2003
AWR organized with support of the Dutch Embassy in Cairo a one week visit for two journalists to The Netherlands. The unique thing of this program was that the two journalists were able to stay in Dutch families and could experience Dutch society from the inside. This article describes Shaheen...
Date of source: Friday, September 6, 2002
The Dutch general prosecution detained eight persons who are suspected to belong to an extremist group that introduces logistic and financial aid to the Al-Qa´ida organization.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
Dutch police have arrested a woman suspected of having links with a terror group. A Member of Parliament has demanded that the detention of terrorism suspects be extended without judicial complications.
Date of source: Friday, October 7, 2005
The number of Muslims living in The Netherlands reached 945.000 on January 1 this year, the Statistics Office said.
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.