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Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2006
The author discusses the two major problems that Egypt has recently faced; the sinking of the Egyptian ferry and the crisis of the Danish cartoons.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Authors in several newspapers are calling for appeasement in Arab and Muslim countries over the problem of the Danish newspaper’s cartoons, though many are still furious over the cartoons. A few authors do not consider boycotting Danish products a nice solution, while others propose that an...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten reiterated its apology to the Muslim world over the cartoons it had published on September 30, 2005, which nourished antagonistic sentiments against Denmark. However, the newspaper editor Carsten Juste refused to pledge to not publish any more articles or cartoons...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 1, 2006
In the drama that followed the republishing of the Danish cartoons across several European nations, the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus, and also the Danish Consulate in Beirut, were all burnt down. These incidents prompted those foreign ministers to advise their people to leave Syria...
Date of source: Sunday, January 15, 2006
In response to the angry Muslim reaction to the 12 cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten, the Danish ambassador to Egypt, Bjarne Sorensen has declared that Denmark has the greatest respect for Islam and offers his apologies.
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2006
Muslim scholar ‘Abd al-Sabour Shāhīn blames the Azhar and the Islamic Research Academy for not taking proper action against the recent Danish attack on the Prophet Muhammad. He also praises the position of secretary-general of the Arab League, ‘Amr Mousa, who led a diplomatic delegation, demanding...
Date of source: Monday, December 26, 2005
Al-Usbou‘, al-Ahrām al-‘Arabī and Rose al-Yousuf report on the reaction to the controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, published few months ago by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Date of source: Friday, December 16, 2005
The Danish prime minister had declined to receive 19 ambassadors from Arab and Muslim countries even though he received a Somali-born woman [‘Alī Hirsi ‘Alī] who wrote the script for a controversial documentary called ’Submission’ directed by Dutch Theo van Gogh. The newspapers also suggest that...
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Denmark’s prime minister announces that Jyllens-Posten has apologized for the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, and emphasizes that the Danish government condemns any expression, action or indication that attempts to demonize groups of people on the basis of their religion or ethnic background.
Date of source: Thursday, February 16, 2006
Denmark’s foreign minister calls on Muslims and their leaders around the world to look beyond the big news headlines and the inflammatory rhetoric concerning the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad and points out Denmark’s positive relations with the Arab world.
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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.