Protection Religious Minorities in Muslim lands
Muslim Statement for the Protection for the Rights of Religious Minorities in Muslim Lands: The Marrakesh Declaration
Western media and organizations often highlight Christian persecution in Muslim Countries. The interview of students Arnold Dekker and Judith Bravenboer show the questions this results in. Read more here. The World Watch List 2016 of Open Doors, released on January 13, 2016, is an example of highlighting persecution. Insufficient weight is given to efforts Muslims carry out to counter this such as in the Bayt al-Eila in Egypt.
Arab-West Report was pleased to receive a press release of Dr. Brian Grim, president of the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation (US) and friend of Arab-West Report about the Marrakesh Declaration issued by Muslim leaders on January 27. The Marrakesh Declaration is truly important since it shows a dedication of Muslim leaders to combat hostility to religious minorities in their countries.
Shaykh Abdullah bin Bayyah, the President of the Forum for Promoting Peace and Co-Moderator of Religions for Peace (RfP)
Please read more here. We hope this to be an encouragement for Christian leaders to fight Islamophobia in their countries.
January 28, 2016
Cornelis Hulsman,
Editor-in-chief Arab-West Report
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.