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Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The author argues that the U.S. has misapplied the definition of
terrorism to pursue its own policies and strategies in the Middle East region. This has not helped to reduced
terrorism however, but only fueled further terrorist operations.
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: Saturday, October 21, 2006 to Friday, October 27, 2006
The author deals with a documentary called ‘Jesus
Camp’ in which children learn to sacrifice their souls for their religion and are prepared to take their place in
the Lord’s army, fighting the powers of evil and corruption.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 18, 2006
The New York Times reported that Iraqi Christians are escaping the increasing
violence in Iraq. A clergyman was kidnapped and killed in response to the pope’s declarations against
Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
The last two years witnessed increasing Western attacks on Islam. Muslim reactions, however, in many cases Muslims violent reactions, enforced the negative image of Islam. Nevertheless, some Muslim intellectuals called for peaceful reactions through changing the violent image of Islam by showing...
Date of source: Monday, October 16, 2006
The author thus raises some key questions: is Muslim-Christian dialogue important? Is it ideal? Is
it time for the
evaluation of such dialogue and its effect on society? What does history tells us?
Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
The author of the article raises suspicions about the seriousness
of the suspected
plot to explode airplanes and implies that the arrest of Muslim suspects in Britain was
planned by the U.S.
Date of source: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Al-Sharq al-Awsat interviews Dr. ‘Abd al-Mu‘tī Bayyūmī, a member of the Azhar’s Islamic Research Academy and the former deputy head of the Religious Affairs Committee at the People’s Assembly, about a number of issues, including the controversial statement of Pope Benedict on Islam and...
Date of source: Sunday, October 15, 2006
The author discusses the plight of Christians in Iraq.
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...
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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.