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Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
The Moroccan researcher Al-Moqrai Al-Idrisi Abu Zeid, a member of the parliament affiliated to the Islamic opposition party of Al-Adala wa Al-Tanmiya [Justice and development], said that the time has come for extremist violence-involved Islamic movements to carry out an ideological revision of...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
In his book “Islam is a Partner,” the German Arabist Fritz Shetebat [we could not find his name on the internet] responds to misconceptions about Islam that are currently being propagated in the West. An Arabic translation of the book was made by Dr. Abdel Gaffar Mekawy and released as part of the...
Date of source: Friday, July 2, 2004
Dr. Farid Haidar Soliman, the Grand Mufti of Russia and the Northern Pole Zone, called upon Arab and Muslim countries that are members of the Islamic Conference Organization to support the Russian request for joining the organization. He emphasized that this joining will add to the power of Arab...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Fundamentalists are very active on the Internet. They master the World Wide Web to their advantage in many cases. It is very easy to search for a book on fundamentalism on the Internet, and you may find the whole book available for free. The only thing you need is to know how to search the Internet...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
Sheikh Saleh Bin Abdel Aziz Ale [إل ] Al-Sheikh, the Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, Awqaf, Da’wa, and Guidance, revealed that some mosque preachers in Saudi Arabia are supporting the ideologies of misled, deviated groups. Addressing a gathering of preachers and imams at the Saudi...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
A number of Islamic organizations in France, including the Paris Grand Mosque, urged Muslim students and their families to abide by local laws and the secularism of French public schools. A statement issued by these organizations urged [female] students “to avoid all forms of clash.”
The French...
Date of source: Friday, July 9, 2004
People’s attraction to religion is not only due to fear of death or any other single motive. According to a new psychological theory about religion, there are 16 psychological needs that motivate people to search for a certain meaning in religion.
This theory was constructed by Steven Reis,...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
The British Islamic Council welcomes the statements of Home Secretary David Blunkett about new laws for fighting inciting religious hatred against Muslims. The Council pointed out that draft laws which will be brought before the House of Commons to be endorsed, are just the “first step” in the...
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, April 9, 2005
Suddenly, the Islamic songs are competing with rhythmic pop songs on satellite channels. The Islamic song is no longer confined to reciting only. It is full of music; it is computer processed; and it is produced and directed as a professional and contemporary video clip.
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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.