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Date of source: Wednesday, February 16, 2005
It is ironic that when the US declared an international war on terrorism, it resulted in the increase of terrorism. All participants, in the international conference on terrorism that was recently held in Riyadh, unanimously agreed on condemning terrorism and stressing the urgency of dealing with...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
The several sectarian incidents which have recently shaken Egypt have again brought to the foreground the issue of Copts and their curtailed rights.
Date of source: Sunday, January 16, 2005
Fahmī Huwaydī addressed a case of sectarian strife [the issue of Wafā’ Costantine] in his article in al-Ahrām. The article is significant because Huwaydī is a prominent political Islamist and al-Ahrām is a widely circulated newspaper. The purpose of this article is not to correct the misinformation...
Date of source: Sunday, December 30, 2001
The American embassy in one of the Arab countries sent the officials in that Arab country a strange note. The note included many demands concerning the necessity of reconsidering the religious and historical curriculums taught in schools and universities. The article exposes the opinions of some...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 18, 2001
The Pakistani press reported that the US decided to control religious education in Pakistan. Saudi sources said that the Saudi ministry of education was revising the Islamic schoolbooks to make sure that the subjects of the books agree with the general tendency to counter extremism. The President...
Date of source: Monday, December 24, 2001
Francis Fukuyama wrote an article in the Arabic edition of Newsweek. In that article he analyzed the current events in light of the relationship between the West and Muslim world. He considered Islamic fundamentalism an enemy to the West worse than communism. He also said that the struggle was...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Some authorized jurists declared that Islam forbids attacking the Dhimmis and the civilians and urges on protecting the human being. Such statements are, for sure, correct. However, it cannot be applied to the situation in Israel.
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2001
A closed seminar discussing "Radical Islam" was held in Britain two weeks ago. The relationship between terrorism and radical Islam and whether the latter was growing or declining, and the relationship between Muslims and the West and the effect of the events of September 11 on the Arabic and...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2001
The author received many letters comparing the story Al-Nabaa published about the expelled monk and the contents of "A banquet for Seaweed," "The Formation Period" and "Yathrib Community," which are believed to disdain Islam. His conclusion was that the law prohibits scorning religions and that is...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2001
There is a relationship of a special kind between the nation and the Copts. That relationship was represented in individual Copts who were rich or highly educated who had special relationships with the governor. The author is of the opinion that if a group of Muslim and Christian wise men is formed...
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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.