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Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
The German government banned an Islamic conference because it will host what it regarded terrorists. The German government can no longer tolerate that Arabs and Muslims enjoy the freedom of expression because of the misconducts attributed to them. Germany, that used to be the number one safe harbor...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
German Minister of Interior Otto Schily declared yesterday that he would do everything possible to see that the first Arab, Islamic conference does not take place. Berlin Interior Minister Erhart Koerting stated that the authorities of Berlin consider the possibility of banning the congress,...
Date of source: Monday, September 20, 2004
In an unprecedented move, the Arab League is preparing for holding an international conference under the title "Arab-European…The image of Islam in history textbook in Europe" in the period from 12 to 14 December.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Dr. Zeinab Abdel Aziz, professor of civilization at the faculty of Arts [university not mentioned], authored a six-part series that was published by the Arabic Book House on the [third] anniversary of the tragedy of September 11. In this article we will review the third part of Dr. Zeinab's series...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 8, 2004
These days, Arab newspapers are full of commentaries putting the blame on Muslims for terrorism and others practiced self-flagellation and self-hatred to the extent that they claimed the history of Muslims is a history of oppression, tyranny and baseness. No one asks himself whether what is...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
Islamic organisations in Britain welcomed the dismissal of Harry Cummins, a press officer of the British Council – the government agency responsible for promoting English language and culture abroad. The Guardian explained that the press officer criticised what he called “the black heart of Islam...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
At a time when Muslims in the West are being oppressed and mistreated, optimistic steps are being taken by the European Institute for Humanities to correct the image of Muslims in the West. The institute, which was established in Wales in 1999, offers courses in shari’a and Arabic language for the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 2004
The number of Muslims in Western Europe ranges from 12 to 15 million, which makes Islam the second largest religion in Europe and the fastest growing religion in the case of the US. However, the future of European Muslims depends on their ability to correctly understand Islam and behave in a way...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 7, 2004
This article is a debate between the leader of the Dutch liberal party, Frits Bolkestein and the Islamic thinker Muhammad Arkoun. Arkoun states that there is a difference between open-minded tolerant secularism and dogmatic closed-minded secularism that opposes any kind of religiosity. The French...
Date of source: Thursday, September 2, 2004
We, Muslims, appreciate the ‘other’ [non-Muslims] on the intellectual and political level. The pressing question is: why does the West misunderstand us? We posed this question to Dr. Abdullah Nassif, general secretary of the Islamic World Union.
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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.