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Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2006
In this series of articles the author writes about the Islamic caliphate. He argues that it has never been theocratic or despotic, citing writings and books by several orientalists and Europeans. He contrasts the caliphate with the medieval theocracy.
Date of source: Monday, October 29, 2001
A look at history will show that Arab
Christians have always been on the side of their fellow Arab Muslims. Mohammed Auda stressed that Arab Christians
were Arabs in the full sense of the word. Fahmi Howeidi pointed out that Huntington, in his theory about the clash
between civilizations, put...
Date of source: Friday, August 27, 2004
The presence of Christian communities in the midst of Islamic society proves that the oppression that Christians faced from era to era at the hands of extremists and bigots was the outcome of local conditions more so than being a consequence of extremist principles [of Islam] or intolerance…”
Date of source: Saturday, June 12, 2004
The new generation of Orientalists is less knowledgeable about the culture of the East than its predecessors. The previous generation of Orientalists was aware of the Arab-Islamic texts. But the Orientalist school is no longer able to preserve its scientific traditions today because of a number of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 9, 2001
Many orientalists and non-Muslim philosophers acknowledged the fact that the teachings of Islam are the best applicable. The article gives examples on what they have said about Islam.
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2001
The author believes that faith cannot be the product of compulsion. It is unimaginable that any heavenly religion, Judaism, Christianity or Islam, can be founded on compulsion to join it. These three religions accepted and approved the religions that came before them: Judaism tells stories of the...
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.