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Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
A prominent Shiite scholar who has close relations with conservatives in Iran issued a fatwa that changed stoning as punishment for committing adultery. He did not mention the new punishment. Worth mentioning is that Europeans heavily criticize the stoning punishment [Ed: Amnesty International is...
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2003
The author comments on the phenomenon of terrorism and political Islamic groups in Arab countries and how it is handled. He concentrates on Egypt and Algeria. He also comments on the latest attacks in Riyadh and Casablanca.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
The writer affirms that terrorism is a social phenomenon and not an attribute of the Islamic community – as the international media claims. He believes that terrorism is a product of the capitalist civilization that was then used by Islamic movements. He also states that terrorism is a futile...
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2003
A number of Swiss Catholic priests are involved in love affairs despite the chastity oath they had taken.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003 to Friday, May 30, 2003
The grandson of Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood group, delivered a lecture at the Institut du Monde Arabe [The Institute of the Arab World]. He attacked fundamentalism and asked young Muslims not to melt away and lose their culture and at the same time not to isolate...
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2003
The Canadian demographic consensus for year 2001 showed a remarkable increase in the number of Muslims in Canada in the last decade of the twentieth century as a result of the influx of Muslim emigrants from south Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
Date of source: Saturday, May 24, 2003
A Muslim American comments on the conditions of Muslims in the US after the attacks of September 11.
Date of source: Friday, May 23, 2003
The article is an review of Bernard Lewis’ book “The Crisis of Islam.”
Date of source: Thursday, May 22, 2003
The Jezira channel broadcasted a videotape in which Ayman Al-Zawahri, the second most important man in the Al-Qa´ida network, calls for attacking US, UK, Australian and Norwegian embassies and assets because of their war on Iraq.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 14, 2003
The Faculty of Theology, Harvard Divinity School has frozen a donation Emirates President Sheikh Zayed ben Sultan A'l Nahian had offered it. The donation of US$ 2.5 million is intended to support the understanding of Islam. The donation was frozen after university students accused a center named...
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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.