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Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
In his book "The Islamic threat, myth...or reality?" John Esposito answers the question of whether Islam, after the fall of Communism as a universal power, has become the greatest threat for the West. He represents a methodical prognosis of the political positions in the most important nations...
Date of source: Monday, March 13, 2006
The Kingdom Holding Company has announced that the Saudi Prince Talāl Bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Āl Sa‘oud, chairman of the administrative council of the company, has donated $20 million to Georgetown and Harvard universities each, in order to develop centers of Muslim-Christian understanding.
Date of source: Saturday, August 16, 2003
The author comments on the relations between Jews and Muslims and Jews and Christians. He shows how Jews do injustice to the other two groups
Date of source: Thursday, November 17, 2005
Head of the publishing department at the AUC, Nabīla ‘Aql, argues that the grand imām of the Azhar did not read the book he banned, Wahhabi Islam... From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad by American writer, Natana De Long-Bas, prior to issuing the ban.
Date of source: Thursday, November 10, 2005
A few days ago, the Grand Imām of the Azhar, Shaykh Muhammad Sayyid Tantāwī issued a decision barring 15,000 American books from the American University in Cairo.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
American professors of Arab origin and Muslim faith became subject to much scrutiny. Those professors are sometimes accused of being anti-Semitic or disloyal to America. On August 24, the Chicago Tribune reported about a recent incident in lengthy article by Cam Simpson under the title "Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, May 19, 2005
Bernard Lewis delivered a speech at Georgetown University that was published later in ‘Foreign Affairs.’ Lewis spoke about Islamic political thought and presented a background about the conceptualization of freedom and justice in the Islamic jurisprudence. He cites the roots of tyranny in the...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2005
Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. The Crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics… The Crusades to the East were in every way defensive wars. They were a direct response to Muslim aggression—an...
Date of source: Saturday, May 22, 2004
Just by coincidence, it was discovered that Stephen Glass, a journalist at the New Republic, used to fabricate stories that never took place. Actually, Glass is not the only case. Journalists these days are trying to cope with the highly competitive environment because of communication and...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2005
Dr. Hayfā’ Khalaf Allāh, a professor of Islamic History at Georgetown University, headed a panel last week at the Cairo Library. The panel, entitled “Recalling the memory and the Egyptian identity,” discussed the importance of clinging to our national identity. It referred to the success of the...
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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.