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Islamophobia literally means an exaggerated or irrational fear of Islam. In current times, Islamophobia is on the rise worldwide.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Karen Armstrong comments on the present world status and calls for dialogue among religions.
Date of source: Saturday, August 25, 2007 to Friday, August 31, 2007
A documentary has been shown on the American CNN entitled, ‘God’s Warriors,’ featuring attempts of the followers of the three monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – to revive the authority of religion as people have been disappointed with the current secular fashions.
Date of source: Monday, January 8, 2007
The author of the article examines Karen Armstrong’s article, ’The Muslim Prophet Born in Bethlehem,’published by The Guardian a few days ago. In her article, Armstrong denied the existence of a clash of civilizations between Islām and the West and highlighted the exalted position of Christ in...
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: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Muhammad ‘Ashur
reviews Karen Armstrong’s book about the Prophet’s Muhammad
life.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 21, 2006
The author of this article reviews three books written in a way he thinks is objective about Islam, the Prophet Muhammad and Muslims, stressing that not all Western writers are unfair to Islam.
Date of source: Friday, November 14, 2003
The article reports about a part of a TV program titled Q&A broadcast by the CNN in which the Karen Armstrong, the author of the book “Islam…A short history” provided answers to five questions raised about Islam by Americans. The Egyptian TV hosted Islamic preacher Dr. Muhammad Abu Lela in...
Date of source: Monday, August 4, 2003
The writer interviewed Karen Armstrong, the author of “The Battle for God” in Ottawa. She comments on the image of Islam in Western media and the reasons behind the wrong image American academic circles have of Islam. She also comments on the role Europe can play in regard to the dialogue between...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2006
While the wave of anti-Islam keeps rising in the West and some associate Islam with terrorism, Karen Armstrong, a British writer who specialized in comparative theology, defends the Muslim faith. She is highly critical of Tony Blair’s decision to support the U.S. war on Iraq.
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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.