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Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
Are women
allowed to be heads of states under Islamic sharī‘a?
The decision of well-known feminist,
Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī, to run for president
during the elections of 2004 was opposed
by a large number of Muslim scholars, who argue that the
physiological nature of women prevents them from...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 14, 2006
A recent workshop on the effect of religious truth on social harmony in Egypt and
Germany
was held in Lokkum, Germany. Sāmī Khashaba gives his point of view on the issue.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
The author discusses Europe’s dilemma of how to absorb Muslims into liberal
democracies,
whether through assimilation, integration or accommodation.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
According to the author, Muslim communities in The Netherlands struggle to integrate
into
their adopted home while still maintaining their own religious identity.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
A conference commemorating the first
anniversary of
the July 7 London bombings is to be held on June 25 in Birmingham, under the auspices of a
number of Islamic
organizations, including al-Ghurabā’ [The strangers] Movement.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Lawyer of Islamic groups, Muntasir al-Zayyāt, who defends
Hasan Mustafa Usāma Nasr, otherwise known
as Abu ‘Umar al-Misrī, has recently revealed
that al-Misrī is planning to sue the former
Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, for being involved in
his abduction and deportation to Egypt...
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2006
The West’s double standards on freedoms have given the issue of the hijāb a political dimension, well-known Egyptian writer and feminist, Dr. Nawāl al-Sa‘dāwī argues.
Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
In a statement published on the
Internet
yesterday, the leader of al-Qā‘ida, Usāma Bin Lādin, vowed to avenge the
death of the
group’s leader in Iraq, Abu Mus‘ab al-Zarqāwī.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
During his reception of the Algerian
ambassador in Tehran, the
secretary general of the Tehran-based Organization of Islamic Culture and
Communications, Mohammad Ali Taskhiri,
has stressed the need for narrowing the gap between Islamic
denominations, indicating that the Muslim nation
[umma]...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The
European Union is now developing a new strategy to review the language it uses
to describe terrorists who
claim to act in the name of Islam.
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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.