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Date of source: Saturday, October 14, 2006
History has witnessed Western persecution against Eastern Christians. This review highlights
some
historical incidents that demonstrate this fact and asserts that the unity of Christians and Muslims in
the East is
facing foreign danger.
Date of source: Sunday, October 1, 2006
Asīmah Janu discusses the Islamic stereotype spread in the West.
Date of source: Sunday, August 10, 1997
The author sees groups inside and outside Egypt as plotting against the country’s national unity. These are Zionists in the USA and terrorists inside Egypt. He gives examples from history. Whatever happens, he argues that national unity must remain intact and the Coptic Orthodox Church proved to be...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
This article discusses religious hostility in Lebanon and the ideology of faith-based terrorism adopted by the Hizb Allāh.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The review takes up varied opinion
articles in the Egyptian and Arab press about the statements of Pope Benedict XVI of the Roman Catholic
Church in
which he purportedly attacked Islam and the Prophet Muhammad in a lecture he gave in a German
university.
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2006
Radwān al-Sayyid reviews the 2005 book by Thomas Asbridge entitled The First Crusade, which al-Sayyid thinks tries to Christianize that medieval war.
Date of source: Friday, November 4, 2005
Mixing Islamic jihād with terrorism and fighting goes back centuries before the September 11 attacks.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Many Muslims believe that Christians in the West have never given up the idea of the Crusades and missionaries work hand in hand with Western imperialists. The Bishop concludes that the Crusades occurred as a result of ignorance of Christ's teachings and love. The church today views the Crusades as...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dr. Zeinab Abdel Aziz, professor of civilization at the faculty of Arts [university not mentioned], authored a six-part series that was published by the Arabic Book House on the [third] anniversary of the tragedy of September 11. In this article we will review the third part of Dr. Zeinab's series...
Date of source: Friday, May 6, 2005
Misconceptions about the Crusades are all too common. The Crusades are generally portrayed as a series of holy wars against Islam led by power-mad popes and fought by religious fanatics… The Crusades to the East were in every way defensive wars. They were a direct response to Muslim aggression—an...
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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.