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Date of source: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
There was much surprise in the U.S. at Egyptian President Muhammad Mursī’s recent shake-up of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) leadership. The Los Angeles Times suggests that this proves him ‘a better political tactician than many had believed’ [Rīm ‘Abd al-Latīf, Egypt president's...
Date of source: Saturday, September 5, 2009
The article sheds light on Los Angeles Times report on the recent report released by Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights.
Date of source:
While the uproar in the wake of the first attack against the Abū Fānā monastery continues, monks were again attacked and stoned by people from the tribal communities. Heated discussions and debates on the issue are still being reported in the media. Muslims accuse the monks of killing a young man...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Arab-West Report presented a text for Wikipedia on the background of Abu Fana.
Date of source: Thursday, April 12, 2007
Media frequently manipulate headlines in an effort to present stories in the context they desire. Headlines are also frequently sensationalized in an effort to attract a larger number of readers, but if this also distorts a story this should be questioned. The article provides examples from AP.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 1997
On
August 2, 1997 the L.A Times published an alleged claim of Christians being tortured in Pakistan,
but at the
same time, nothing was mentioned about the confirmed massacres perpetrated daily by Israel,
protected by the right
of veto. On August 14, 1997, the same newspaper published an...
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2006
The author analyzes
the
views of the west on Islam, Muslims, the Prophet Muhammad and the Qur’ān and refers to recent
examples of U.S. torture and mistreatment of Muslims in contrast to the ways in which Muslim leaders have
historically treated Christians according to high standards.
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2002
Robin Wright, the head of diplomatic correspondents in the Los Angeles Times, wrote the book of “The Wrath of Militant Islam” in which she analyzed the September 11 attacks. She wrote that Islam is the most tolerant religion and that both America and Ben Laden distorted the meaning of jihad in...
Date of source: Saturday, May 21, 2005
Some journals, partisan and independent, fuel events and distort the facts in a way that does not respect the margin of freedom they have been given. They call the victims of their anarchist demonstrations martyrs.
Date of source: Friday, January 10, 2003
A Yemeni extremist killed three American missionaries on December 30, 2002, in a Southern Baptist hospital in Yemen. He was quoted as saying he killed the Americans to cleanse his religion and get closer to Allah. The murder triggered Western commentaries about the role of Western missionaries in...
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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.