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Date of source: Sunday, April 2, 2006
The authors criticize the United Nation’s failure to properly reform its discredited Human Rights Commission, and call on the U.S. to divert funding to other human rights organizations if the U.N. continues to allow tyrants and dictators into the council.
Date of source: Thursday, March 2, 2006
The article reports on a meeting hosted by Qatar and headed by Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general. At the end of this meeting the participants released a statement urging everyone not to use the right to freedom of expression as a pretext to provoke hostility or offend beliefs.
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
The author comments on the negative effects of the attacks of September 11 on Islam and Muslims. He also argued associating Islam with terrorism is an unjust accusation. Still, he believes that the West is not to be blamed for its perspective on Islam. Actually, Muslims should blame themselves for...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
European Union (EU) foreign policy commissioner Javier Solana had talks with Egyptian President Husnī Mubārak over ways of protecting religious symbols and beliefs as part of his efforts to defuse the crisis. During his visit to Egypt, the second leg of his tour of Arab and Muslim nations in the...
Date of source: Friday, February 10, 2006
A declaration issued after the inter-civilization meetings in Tunisia called for cooperation and dialogue among followers of all religions, affirming that terrorism is a global phenomenon that has no nationality or religion.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 8, 2005
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution this week designating January 27 as the annual Holocaust Memorial Day.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
The Arab world regards the UN’s decision to designate a holocaust remembrance day as racism.
Date of source: Sunday, October 16, 2005
Interfaith dialogue committees were established everywhere especially after the September 11 attacks. Egypt’s official interfaith dialogue committee under the Azhar is headed by Shaykh Fawzī al-Zifzāf. Shaykh al-Zifzāf is interviewed over the progress made by his committee.
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2004
The book “America and Britain in the prophecies of the Holy Book,” written by an American priest named Herbert Armstrong, shows the religious foundation of the claim that the American cowboys and the British are the chosen people of God. The author claims that they are the descendants of Abraham...
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999 to Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The US has officially charged Ayman El-Zawahri, leader of the underground Jihad group, and his aide, Khaled El-Fawwaz, with involvement in the twin bombings of its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August. El-Zawahri is believed to reside in Afghanistan while El-Fawwaz is under arrest 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.