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Date of source: Friday, August 25, 2006
Despite the time-honored calumnies of the West against Islam, this text notes that the West does
not have
a monolithic stance towards Islam. It quotes three Western testimonies in favor of Islam and
suggests ways that the
Islamic world can work towards improving relations with the West.
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
Mu‘tazz al-Khatīb writes that many orientalists have been preoccupied with the ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam and the West. Montgomery Watt, Bruce B. Lawrence, and other have revealed how Islam is often portrayed as an alien, hostile and violent religion.
Date of source: Friday, May 21, 2004
Eastern Christianity suffered from many internal problems. The Church of the Byzantine Empire suspended Eastern denominations. A separate organization for the Eastern churches was established. This led to the weakening of Eastern Christians and the central church authority of the Byzantine Empire...
Date of source: Friday, May 28, 2004
The British scholar and researcher Montgomery Watt sees that the merits and characteristics of Islam, the Messenger of Islam and the Holy Qur’an give Islam its unique status in comparison with other religions.
The Qur’an is unequaled because it is the direct divine revelation that was not ever...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2004
In an unprecedented move, a number of intellectuals, journalists and writers, many of them journalists of Watani newspaper, submitted a memorandum to the Supreme Council of Press protesting what the prominent Muslim scholar Dr. Muhammad Emara writes in Al-Akhbar. Emara is accused of launching...
Date of source: Saturday, April 9, 2005
The Qur’ān is the only revealed divine book that acknowledges religious diversity. In Chapter 2, The Cow, Verse 62, God says: “Lo! those who believe ( in that which is revealed unto you, Muhammad), and those who are Jews, and Christians, and Sabaeans- whoever believes in Allāh and the Last Day and...
Date of source: Saturday, March 19, 2005
The West has always viewed the Middle Eastern mentality as one that does not value precision and, consequently, cannot recognize the facts. While Europeans’ mentalities are naturally inclined to precision, accuracy, and logical thinking even though they may never have studied logic.
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 1999 to Saturday, August 21, 1999
In response to a spate of articles in the British media alleging that censorship has banned more than 90 books in Egypt, Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif has dismissed such reports as "sheer fabrication with no basis of truth." British media charged that this included the book " The Prophet...
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.