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Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2003
The Dutch Minister of Education banned veiled girls from entering Dutch schools. She said that parents of veiled girls who oppose her decision may enroll their girls in Turkish or Moroccan schools where girls are allowed to put on veils.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
The Indian police arrested ten Muslim activists in New Delhi, where they were trying to stop a movie theater from showing an Indian film which they believe insults Islam. It shows some Muslim leaders trying to convert a number of people to Islam by force.
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2003
The Azhar Permanent Inter-religion Dialogue Committee will participate in the International Economic Forum, on January 23 in Switzerland. Head of the committee said that he would focus on refusing globalization during the forum.
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2003 to Friday, January 17, 2003
Thieves, corrupt and unemployed people who look for an easy life in the luxurious European countries ask for political asylum with the claim that they are persecuted in Egypt. The reasons for their alleged persecution are homosexuality, female circumcision and changing religion.
Date of source: Sunday, January 12, 2003
The Dutch People´s Party for Freedom and Democracy [VVD] demands that the flow of incoming imams for mosques in The Netherlands from Islamic countries be halted, starting in the year 2007. It also demands to forbid giving work permits for imams coming from outside the country.
Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2003 to Friday, January 17, 2003
The number of monks and nuns in Europe decreased from 4500 in 1966 to 927 in 2001. This decrease is due to the radical change in the role of the Church and its impact on the society. Furthermore, sexual liberty and luxury helped in the youth’s turning away from the Church and monasticism.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2003
Unknown persons threw flammable materials upon a mosque in Lyon, France. They opened a crack in the ceiling of the mosque’s prayer room and threw down flammable materials which burned part of the room’s floor.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 1, 2003
Egyptian politicians and human rights activists addressed a letter to the government of The Netherlands demanding that it discontinue the measures which have been taken to deport Egyptian fundamentalist Usama Rushdi. They demanded Rushdi be granted the right of political asylum and his removal be...
Date of source: Saturday, January 4, 2003
The war of defamation has been ignited between fundamentalists in London. The battlefield is the Islamic forums on the internet especially between the leader of the organization Ansar Al-Shari’a and an Egyptian fundamentalist who writes under pseudonyms.
Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2003
The author criticizes the Azhar for not defending Islam against the Western attacks. He gives many examples on how Islam is attacked in the Western press and by American Evangelical leaders.
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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.