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Date of source: Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The author notes that the West saw both the power and the dark side of the Muslim reactions to the Danish cartoons. He pleas that Muslims check their reactions next time, lest their negative image in Westerners’ eyes become even more solidified.
36. Absurd equivalence. Defamation against Islam is allowed, while approaching the Jews is forbidden
Date of source: Wednesday, November 5, 2003
Western double standards are exposed. Attacking and defamation against Islam, in which 1.3 billion people over the world believe, has become the objective of many westerner politicians and intellectuals. While any one who approaches the Jews will be accused of being anti-Semitic.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 11, 2003
A research center affiliated to the Mossad accuses Egyptian author Muhammad Salmawi of anti-Semitism because of his story about Waf´a Idris, the first Palestinian young lady to commit a “martyrdom” operation against Israelis.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 1, 2004
Youssef Islam, formerly British pop singer Cat Stevens, who was in Italy to receive a Man of Peace award from the Gorbachev Foundation for a life of songs calling for world peace and his current charity work through a society he founded under the name Small Kindness, which works on bringing...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 9, 2002
The author tells how the Israeli Embassy in Canada objected to his invitation to participate in the Ottawa International Festival for Writers because it considers him anti-Semitic. After many problems and after the intervention of the Egyptian Embassy, he was able to participate in the festival.
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2002
What Al-Naba´a newspaper published about the sexual life of a former monk was outrageous. The reaction of society resulted in the suspension of its license and stopping its publication. But the High Administrative Court objected to the suspension of the license and said that specific legal...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Muhammad Salmāwī argues that Egypt is at a crossroads between an Islamic religious state and a civil state governed by the ruling party which has lost credibility in the Egyptian street.
Date of source: Saturday, November 19, 2005 to Friday, November 25, 2005
Wā’il Lutfī provides an overview of the French novel, Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Coran by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt, and critiques its representation of Muslims.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Chechen revolution is a patriotic resistance movement and not an Islamic movement. It seems that the world became accustomed to describe any criminal act carried out by a group whose members are Muslims as ‘terrorism’. The world witnesses in every moment hundreds of crimes which are committed...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
If all Muslims gather to select a movie that describes the lofty reality of Islam they will not be able to present the same vivid picture as that of the French movie Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Coran. The movie stars Omar Al-Sherif who won a special award at Cannes Film Festival. The movie...
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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.