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Date of source: Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Christian Solidarity Worldwide is often mixed with Christian Solidarity International. This mix is understandable in the Arabic world. Arabic readers mix the two organizations because Worldwide and International are translated with the same Arabic word ’dawliya.’
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2001
The American embassy in one of the Arab countries sent the officials in that Arab country a strange note. The note included many demands concerning the necessity of reconsidering the religious and historical curriculums taught in schools and universities. The article exposes the opinions of some...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
The Egyptian Cassation court postponed until January 16, 2002, the hearing of the appeal lodged by Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The American Embassy in Cairo issued a statement in which it expressed its concerns concerning the postponement of the examination of the appeal. Ibrahim’s lawyer criticized...
Date of source: Friday, December 21, 2001
The minister for Religious Endowments, Dr. Mahmoud Hamdy Zaqzouq responded to questions about new regulations for building mosques. The minister described the current debate as an unfair campaign against a ministry that serves Islam and Moslems. The Minister said that those conditions have actually...
Date of source: Friday, December 14, 2001
Al-Ahrar devoted a whole page to the statements given by the Sheikh of the Azhar, Sheikh Youssef Al-Qaradawi and the Mufti concerning attacking Israeli civilians. The paper also asked some Islamic intellectuals their opinions in that respect.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Some authorized jurists declared that Islam forbids attacking the Dhimmis and the civilians and urges on protecting the human being. Such statements are, for sure, correct. However, it cannot be applied to the situation in Israel.
Date of source: Monday, December 10, 2001
Political analysts believe that the Muslim Brotherhood cancelled its iftar party for this Ramadan due to do the consequences of the September 11 attacks and the possibility of including the name of the group in the American lists for terrorist groups. They believe that the Brotherhood is trying to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 5, 2001
Response to two reports of the Middle East Media Research Institute [MEMRI] about Jihad during Ramadan and plans of a prominent Egyptian actor to produce a series for TV based on the notoriously anti-Semitic "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion."
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was recalled after declaring his conversion to Islam. Some Italian newspapers explain that the reason behind the recall is to question the ambassador’s motives for conversion. Other newspapers speculated that due to the racist attitude of the European public...
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...
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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.