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Date of source: Saturday, January 22, 2005
More than 170,000 lawyers will decide on March 12 on their new council by electing a chairman and 24 members. Although Sāmih ‘Āshour and Rajā’ī ‘Atiyyah are the only two candidates for the chair, a fierce struggle for members’ seats continues due to the so-called ’national lists.’
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2005
A wide-scale controversy has recently broken out over Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution inside a number of US schools as parents objected to including the theory in the syllabi on the grounds that it clashed with their Christian beliefs.
Date of source: Friday, January 7, 2005
I am no jurisprudent and never wished to be for I know it is enough to have faith that God is above and fellow brothers are on earth, which are all associated by a unity that is free from race, color or religion. I feel sorry for those who try to make religion a point of dispute and debate, and ask...
Date of source: Saturday, January 1, 2005
I avoid discussing the Wafā’ Costantine issue because I believe in everyone’s right to choose his/her own religion and that nothing can probe into our minds to change our faith.
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
Mel Gibson’s film “Passion” triggered debate and renewed the Jewish propaganda campaigns against him. Pope John Paul II approved and admired the film. Israeli newspaper Haaretz criticized the pope for such opinion. The Pope’s confirmation that he approved the movie means ending the relationship...
Date of source: Saturday, January 3, 2004
The author comments on the phenomenon of religious stickers on vehicles. The Christian “fish” vs. the Muslim “shark” has spiraled into a clash of symbols. The matter has become more than simply announcing a religious identity. It has become a matter with political and social connotations. This...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Many narratives from the history of Prophet Muhammad document how he used to teach early Muslims the protocols of calling to prayer[azan]. He forbade them to raise their voice whether they were in the city or outside. The main purpose of the azan is announcing that prayer time has come. But the...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
The French social researcher and the professor at the Political Studies Institute of Paris, Gilles Kepel, discussed the urgent need for stopping Western attacks on the Islamic world in his book “The War for Muslim Minds.” He points out that it is the right time for reconciliation between the two...
Date of source: Saturday, October 2, 2004
The beard, the Pakistani jilbab and the Arab features are now posing a great threat to civilization and progress and the Muslims became sheer symbols of evil and heinousness that it would no longer do to speak about the tolerance of Islam and that the religion is renouncing throat-slitters.
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Date of source: Saturday, October 9, 2004
A laundry shop owner once inquired about whether he should continue ironing women’s trousers. The fatwa came as shocking as the question is: if these trousers are worn outdoors then the laundryman should not iron them because in that case he is aiding the wrongdoing of tabaruj [make-up and other...
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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.