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Date of source: Monday, August 16, 2004
The sheikh of the mosque was shocked when he found out that the some of his worshippers were actually FBI agents who used to frequent the mosque until one day, they revealed their identity and arrested some worshippers. Muslims must defend their religion against the terrorist groups that are taking...
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
Egyptian religious scholars criticized the term “fundamentalism” and claimed that it is a suspicious term that was invented by the West in order to distort the image of Islam and accuse Islam of being a religion that calls for bigotry, violence and terrorism against non-Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, August 13, 2004
Dr. Abdel Sattar Darwish, head of the religious administration for the Muslims of Kazakhstan and the general mufti for the state of Kazakhstan, confirmed that dialogue between religions and sects is necessary for peaceful coexistence in society and for the end of religious bigotry.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Professor Muhammad Abdel Halim has dedicated the last seven years of his life to completing a new translation of the Qur’an published by Oxford University Press.
All prior translators of the Qur’an employed the use of old English, but Abdel Halim uses modern English, which makes his translation of...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
Abu Abdullah Al-Turki is Abu-Hamza Al-Masri’s closest assistant; the latter is now under arrest in Bill Marsh prison, southwest London after being found guilty of nine crimes. Concerning confusion among the members after the arrest of Abu Hamza Al-Masri, Al-Turki confirms that their group is firmly...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
In a famous Arab street in London, there were many slogans on the chart about the catastrophe of “The Islamic Caliphate” and how it is the only way out for Muslims. Reading the headlines of these publications, I realized that it is one of London’s kiosks for the Hizb Al-Tahrir [Liberation Party]....
Date of source: Friday, August 6, 2004
The story of the American professor of mathematics Jeffrey Lang who embraced Islam is an outstanding example of moving from the darkness of atheism to the light of faith. When Westerns join Islam, they do not do this through the same approach we [Orientals] adopt, but they come with a new approach...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2004
In an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, during his recent visit to Cairo, he emphasized that there are some people behind the fierce attack against Islam. He thinks that they have political interests invested in defaming Islam and associating it with terrorism. The interview tackled other issues as...
Date of source: Monday, August 9, 2004
[The title is a play on words of the name of the Muslim Group of Takfir and Higra] We have to give up our useless approaches in dealing with the world. We have to adopt an approach that is based on tafkir [thinking] and not on takfir [accusation of unbelief]. We only have to count that number of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 5, 2004
Now the whole world is talking about reform, the Muslim Brotherhood does not want to miss the boat and has immediately released reform initiatives. Their initiative is very rational and polite; they spoke of citizenship and the honor of voting in elections. But is this vision compatible with the...
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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.