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Date of source: Wednesday, February 9, 2005
We are facing a current phenomenon about the appearance of religious parties clad in political attire during a fragile time of political reform
Date of source: Wednesday, February 2, 2005
Some Western writers appear from time to time to describe the dangers coming from the East in the form of a terrorist holy war, portraying Islam as a violent anti-Western wave.
Date of source: Monday, January 17, 2005
The U.S. State Department, together with the C.I.A., has finished the 2005-2006 report on the U.S. policy towards the Middle East. According to the report, the U.S. government will demand that Egypt remove all the barriers hindering the role of civil organizations.
Date of source: Saturday, December 8, 2001 to Friday, December 14, 2001
The Islamic da’wa was badly affected as it has been carried out by people who concentrate on the appearance rather than the core of religion. Islam will not benefit from people who travel to Europe and America wearing short white gallabiyas, sitting on the ground licking their fingers after having...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2001
The November 23 article of Al-Musawwar, "Is the West still Dar Kufr," resulted four days later (November 28) in a campaign by the US Copts Association against the use of the word kuffar for Christians. The association claims that calling someone a ’kafir’ [’kafir’ is the singular of ’kufar’] is a...
Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2001 to Friday, November 23, 2001
The book "The New Crusader War" mentioned a fatwa to the effect that if the murderer of the innocent people in America is a Muslim, he has to pay half the diyya [compensation money] to the families of murdered Muslims and nothing more. Usama Bin Laden expressed the same opinion when he was asked...
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The article sheds light on the Hodaybeia peace treaty, which the republican representative of California, Tom Lantos attacked. The Azhar scholar stressed that in the Hodaybeia treaty, Mohammed made many political sacrifices in order to prove to the Jews that he did not desire war but peace.
Date of source: Monday, August 13, 2001
There had been an aggressive campaign in the Egyptian press in general accusing emigrant Copts of being spies for America and western countries. The World Center for Human Rights calls for all those in charge to stop all this type of news that damages social unity and stabilityAccording to a press...
Date of source: Monday, July 23, 2001
The French Champollion School dismissed a student for wearing a veil while attending the school. Later, the court ordered her to go back to school. A few days ago, the general assembly of the school decided to allow students to wear veils while attending the school, as Egypt is an Islamic country...
Date of source: Saturday, June 30, 2001
Muslim leaders in Europe demanded the destruction of a fresco picturing Mohammed naked while an angel prepares to torture him. The Italian Muslims’ Union sent statements to Pope John Paul II expressing their annoyance about the fresco on a wall in a Bologna Cathedral.
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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.