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Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003
The author explains the true meaning of jihad in Islam. He believes that jihad, in the sense of fighting, is not confined to Islam. All countries and societies follow the concept of jihad as they all have armed forces and ministers of defense. He admits that some Muslims altered the meaning of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2003
The author believes that the way the concept of jihad is used should be reconsidered, especially after the terrorist operations in Riyadh and Casablanca. He criticizes the Sheikh of the Azhar for his call to jihad against the US forces in Iraq.
Date of source: Monday, May 19, 2003
The author comments on the plan of the Israeli media to control the American public opinion. She believes that this plan does not only target the American public opinion but the Arab as well. She believes that many Arab media outlets have already started applying some of the points of the Israeli...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2003
The First Egyptian-German forum was held in Germany with the participation of 45 academics, intellectuals and media and religious men. The forum discussed the issue of democracy and its relation to citizenship.
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2003
A source belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt revealed that the group sent an envoy to seek the opinions of the leading figures of the Brotherhood’s international branches in naming Khairat Al-Shater the deputy of the group’s supreme guide.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2003
The head of Ansar Al-Sunna Al-Muhammadi [the Supporters of the Sunna of Muhammad] group in Egypt refuted all the accusations that attribute extremism to the ideas of Sheikh Muhammad Ibn Abdel-Wahab, the founder of Wahhabism. He said that such accusations are incorrect and do not have any scholarly...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Saudi authorities declared that they arrested 19 persons belonging to a new terrorist network. Commenting on this news, the author raises the question: Why do some Muslims plan to attack Muslim countries in the name of Islam? He bases his answer on a statement by the Saudi Minister of Interior...
Date of source: Saturday, May 17, 2003
The author comments on the recent terrorist operation in Riyadh. He believes that it has nothing to do with political opposition to the regime or with the freedom of expression. It is simply terrorism disguised in Islam, as understood by its perpetrators. Those perpetrators are the outcome of a...
Date of source: Friday, May 16, 2003
The author believes that the West does not handle the problem of terrorism objectively but in a way that provokes the anger of the Arab-Islamic world. He believes that this provocation is behind the attacks in Riyadh.
Date of source: Friday, May 9, 2003
Christian leaders in the US hosted a conference the day before yesterday in which they criticized the anti-Islam statements of some pastors, such as, Franklin Graham, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. They believe that such statements lead to more hostility and stress the importance of renewing...
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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.