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Date of source: Saturday, November 11, 2006
Ahmīdah al-Nufayr criticizes the hostile
and aggressive stance adopted by some European figures
against Islām and Muslims, describing the security
measures in the new French law on immigration as unnecessary and
unjustified.
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: Sunday, November 5, 2006
“Apparently all Muslims are not terrorists; however, the truth is that the majority of terrorists are Muslims. We should confess as Muslims that terrorism has become an exclusive Islamic project for Muslim men and women,” ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Rāshid says in al-Sharq al-Awsat. In his fourth and final...
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Dr. ‘Alī al-Sammān, the former chairman of the Azhar’s interfaith
dialogue committee, says the Arab-Israeli conflict is the root of all evil worldwide, adding that there is no clash
between religions but rather a political influence that uses religion to attain its objectives.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
The author defends the silence of the
Evangelical church over the remarks of Pope Benedict ?V? about Islām, for he believes that the People’s
Assembly is the only body that can condemn this on behalf of the Egyptian people.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The author
discusses some news on the internet about Western pastors who converted to Islām.
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it." Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-Wafd...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Egyptian articles that pay attention to conflicts within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
A good analysis of medieval Muslim-Christian relations by Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery.
Attention and appreciation for AWR work.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The author discusses the issue of the ordination of women in various Christian denominations and traditions.
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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.