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Date of source: Saturday, October 23, 2004
At the beginning of the last decade of the twentieth century, Western civilization has started to see Islam as an enemy that can replace the former Soviet Union. Western hatred and enmity towards Islam go back to the early nineties of the twentieth century and not to the September 11 attacks as...
Date of source: Saturday, September 18, 2004
The Turkish government pulled back the draft law criminalizing adultery and penalizing adulterers with prison. Turkish media outlets, feminine organizations and a number of government officials launched a fierce campaign to drop the proposal. It seems that political and media pressures managed to...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
In an unprecedented move, the Arab League is preparing for holding an international conference under the title "Arab-European…The image of Islam in history textbook in Europe" in the period from 12 to 14 December.
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
The number of Muslims in Western Europe ranges from 12 to 15 million, which makes Islam the second largest religion in Europe and the fastest growing religion in the case of the US. However, the future of European Muslims depends on their ability to correctly understand Islam and behave in a way...
Date of source: Thursday, August 26, 2004
While human rights organizations and a number of [Egyptian] political representatives from different orientations refused to receive the leader of the Democrats of the American Congress, Tom Lantos, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, head of the Ibn Khaldoun Center, welcomed Lantos’ visit along with a delegation...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
A survey in the EU countries revealed that at least 80% of European leaders and more than 75% of the people view Islam as a religion of tolerance and justice. It also confirmed that Europeans consider Islam as the only religion that has not forcibly imposed its culture, stating that the 15 million...
Date of source: Saturday, June 4, 2005
The recent period has seen a lot of talk about a so-called détente between Western governments and a number of political Islam movements in the Arab world, with conflicting analyses about the objectives, declared or covert, of either party.
Date of source: Saturday, June 11, 2005
Ashraf al-‘Ashrī wonders whether the time has come for the Arab governments to start communicating publicly with Islamic groups after France and the EU have started to hold dialogues with Arab Islamic groups and not to, merely, restrict their relations to the Arab governments.
Date of source: Monday, July 7, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim celebrated last Thursday the re-inauguration of the Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies. Not more than twenty persons, representing American and European organizations were present. The author comments on the events of the celebration, saying it was a chance for...
Date of source: Saturday, May 14, 2005
The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has issued a resolution to set up a post of a personal representative entrusted with detecting anti-Islamic aspects in European countries.
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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.