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Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The Egyptian movement for change, Kifāya, announced its rejection
of reforms proposed by the
ruling NDP party and continued its efforts to unite popular and political
oppositional forces.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
A diplomatic tug-of-war has erupted between Syria and The
Netherlands following the alleged abduction of two Dutch children by their Syrian father in August 2004.
Dutch
Foreign Minister Bernard Bot refused an invitation from his Syrian counterpart, Walīd al-
Mu‘allim, to visit Syria to discuss...
Date of source: Monday, September 25, 2006
Louis Farrakhan, head of the
Nation of
Islam, is facing a critical health situation. He encouraged his followers, in a message on the
group’s official web
site, to go on after him.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
A new website has been set up
by al-Hikāyma which aims to criticize the former leadership of Jamā‘ah Islamīyah
and their disavowal of violence.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Following a
series
of controversial statements that aroused the anger of many Egyptians, the Supreme Guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood,
Muhammad Mahdī ‘Ākif, was recently quoted as allegedly inciting the murder
of Arab leaders
during an interview with a national newspaper.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Egyptian Shaykh al-Qaradāwī
pronounced
a fatwá that enables Moroccans to use bank interest to obtain accommodation. The
fatwá
aroused the anger of Moroccan Muslim intellectuals who considered it interference in
Morocco’s interior affairs.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Angry reactions to Pope
Benedict’s remarks on Islam and the Prophet
Muhammad continued for a second week. Some Muslim figures,
including Iranian President Ahmadinejad and
Malaysian Prime Minister ‘Abd Allāh Ahmad
Badawī, have accepted the pope’s regret at the
furious reactions to his remarks...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The review deals with varied opinions about Pope Benedict XVI’s remarks
considered offensive in Muslim and
Arab countries amidst calls to expel the papal nuncio in Egypt and put the
interfaith dialogue with the
Vatican on the back burner.
Date of source: Friday, September 22, 2006
The review considers a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the
ambassadors of Muslim
and Arab nations to the Holy See, in which the pontiff affirmed his respect for all
religions, particularly
Islam, and called for continuing the Muslim-Christian dialogue. He described this as of
vital...
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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.