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Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
Radwān al-Sayyid
divides the Arab and Muslim reactions to Pope Benedict’s offensive remarks on Islām into three
groups:
those who accused the pope of intentionally distorting the image of Islām and Muslims worldwide, those who linked
the
pope’s speech to the current international negative...
Date of source: Monday, November 6, 2006
The president of the Azhar University, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyib, analyzes
the speech made by Pope Benedict XVI at the University of Regensburg two months ago. Stressing that Islām is a
positively rational religion, Dr. al-Tayyib explains that reason and sharī‘ah are two
sides of the same coin. While...
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
During sessions of the Islamic ideology meeting in al-Husayn area, Dr Mustafá al-Fiqī urged the Minister of Awqāf to give a speech about Islam at the same
German university where Pope Benedict XVI attacked Islam.
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2006
Views of Muslim scholars differ over whether to accept the so-called "apology" of Pope Benedict for the remarks he made about Islam a few weeks ago. Nearly 38 Muslim scholars and leaders sent a letter to the pope to indicate their appreciation of the pope’s expression of regret and his affirmation...
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2006
For the third week, Pope Benedict’s controversial remarks on Islam and
the Prophet
Muhammad have made headlines in Egyptian national and independent newspapers. A number of Muslim
intellectuals devoted their columns to refute claims about the spread of Islam by the sword. Some Muslim
scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author reflects on the outrage following the controversial lecture given by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany and more broadly on the way that people respond to religious defamation or vilification.
Date of source: Monday, September 18, 2006
Egyptian press showing struggles in how to deal with rumors and emotions.
Pope Benedict XVI used a quote of a Byzantine emperor in a surprisingly harsh form.
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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.