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Date of source: Monday, August 15, 2005
The author states that the democracy of the West, which is based on intellectual affiliation between people, does not match the Arab world, since it has not yet been modernized. He claims that the best version of democracy in the Arab world is that which depends on a "change" of power between...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 9, 2005
Arab political and religious discourse, including the mass media, has failed to access the terrorist mentality, simply because official and religious institutions have locked the door to ijtihād [religious debate that allows for the creation of new rules and fatwas concerning modern issues].
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
President Bush’s enterprise to democratize the Middle East must be seriously tackled by policy makers in the Arab region. It is the primary element in the American war on terrorism as it is the ‘only solution to eliminate terrorism.’
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
The Court of Amsterdam has sentenced Muhammad Bouyari, the 27-year-old son of Moroccan immigrants, to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of murdering Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Italian Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu has announced that a new consultative Islamic council affiliated to the Ministry of Interior is to be formed in an attempt to combat terrorism.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
Less than a month after the terrorist attacks on London’s underground system, the French authorities have started to clamp down on extremist imāms who preach hatred, sponsor violence and recruit young Muslims and incite them to jihād.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
Arab and Islamic countries have turned a blind eye to extremists, thus giving them the green light to collect money and infiltrate into many establishments, such as educational institutions.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
Every believer wonders how the ‘human bomb’ that kills innocents is regarded as an ‘Islamic’ product and how some ‘lost’ groups continue spreading its poisonous ideas – but they receive no answer from the scholars or research academies.
Date of source: Monday, August 1, 2005
The murder of the Brazilian Jean Charles De Menezes by Scotland Yard police officers has rung an alarm bell for the world’s conscience. The accident took place after British police officers were instructed to follow a shoot-to-kill policy if they came across a person suspected of being a suicide...
Date of source: Thursday, July 28, 2005
It is feared that terrorism leads us all into its trap. Some have pointed out that these acts are weak and diminishing, not strong – but our reactions feed terrorism. The problem is that our responses to terrorist acts usually unintentionally backfire.
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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.