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Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Dr. Nabil Luqa Bebawi, a Coptic Christian, presented a PhD dissertation about the rights and duties of non-Muslims in the Islamic state. Dr. Bebawi says that his dissertation aims at responding to Orientalists and the books they have written that have tarnished the image of Islam and its symbols,...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Dr. Aly Gomaa, Egypt’s mufti—the highest Islamic cleric authorized to issue fatwa or Islamic legal opinion, in an interview with Watani International said that the call to put the Egyptian house in order was needless, since the Egyptian house was already in. admirable order. I thus find it...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Usama Wadia reports what happened to Ingy Nagy William after the AWR team investigated the reasons of her conversion to Islam. Ingy ran away from her Muslim family in order to get married to her Muslim friend.
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
The whole world is watching us and observing what are we achieving in terms of reform, especially with regards to freedom of expression. We will not stand by helplessly hoping that an internal reform [of the Azhar] is achieved. The Azhar has long been a place for spreading enlightenment and...
Date of source: Sunday, July 11, 2004
Islam is defeated in its own lands or in countries that were previously called Dar Al-Islam [Land of Islam]. Dar Al-Islam was once in conflict with Dar Al-Kufr [Land of Unbelief]. This situation changed and Dar Al-Kufr offered Muslims freedom and humane treatment. This is a very obvious reality;...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
The Rand Organization, an international American think tank, is known for its close relationship with the US Defense Department, and most of its research, which tackles strategic and security affairs, is carried out through contacts with the Pentagon. On March 18, Rand released an important report...
Date of source: Saturday, July 10, 2004
French Minister of Education Francois Fillon warned against any violation of the laws of the French Republic saying that any violation will be met with extreme firmness.
The French Minister made this statement in response to a statement of the Union of Islamic Organizations of France, which...
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: Monday, July 12, 2004
A new business has started to boom , finding a brisk market in Europe. This business started in France by a group of young Arab and Muslim immigrants who were trying to market their goods by playing on religious feelings. Their aim was to fight American products. They were able create a market for...
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,...
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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.