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Date of source: Friday, October 22, 2004
Islamophobia, fear of Islam, is a concept created by the West through historical, political, economic and media factors. Several Islamic countries have fallen into the trap of Islamophobia, which makes fixing the distorted picture of Islam all the more important.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 20, 2004
The book, Islam and Dialogue written by Dr. Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq and translated by Dr. Mustafa Maher, discusses the idea of reform as an Islamic duty that should be reached through ijtihad and reason, and not just by replicating historical incidents.
Date of source: Monday, October 18, 2004
There has been a long-standing, highly ambiguous, relationship between the U.S. and Islamist groups. Under the Clinton administration, the American position was that these groups, as long as they did not resort to violence, have the right to exist and be lawfully presented. After the attacks of...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 13, 2004
In Dr. Hamdi Zaqzouq’s new book “Al-Ialam wa qadaya al-Hewar" [Islam and issues of dialogue] he is calling for renewal and freedom of mind as well as a new vision to religious concepts. - See art. 1: A lawsuit against Egyptian scriptwriter Usama Anwar Okasha for offending a Companion of the...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
Competition in the Bar Association elections is expected to be between Sameh Ashour, the present chief, and Raga’i Attia, his former competitor. The Muslim Brotherhood insists on overthrowing Ashour no matter how. Muhammad Touson, the person in charge of the lawyers’ department at the Guidance...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2004
The London-based Arabic newspaper of Al-Quds Al-Arabi [The Arab Jerusalem], has conducted a poll in which about 11,000 visitors of their website took part. The poll showed that 41 percent of voters are in favor of the exclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood. The other 58.9 percent of voters opposed the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 25, 2004
When a website reported that a Chechen leader announced his responsibility for the hostage-taking operation of the students of a Russian school, he was actually introducing a new approach of war in Islam that Muslim scholars were very much opposed to. Taking hostages and making some demands in...
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 2004
At the opening of the Cultural Season of the Islamic Council at the Nour Mosque in Abbasya, Grand Imam of the Azhar, Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, emphasized that the kidnapping of the six Egyptians in Iraq is a criminal act, and that Islam denounces those who have done that, regardless of their...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
US authorities have prevented the Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef Islam, because of his opposition to the US war in Iraq. He once led a demonstration against such war but he never called for terrorism. He believes in freedom and the moderate teachings of Islam that regards murder as one...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The American security systems denied the moderate Muslim singer, Youssef Islam, entry into its land. This, certainly, reflects a contradiction in thinking and planning. The Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef, is not like Abu Hamza or Abu Qatada. In fact, he is against extremism and...
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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.