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Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2004
A group of scholars and intellectuals traveled last week to Europe in order to “improve the image of Islam and Muslims” in Western public opinion. The program aims at eliminating mistaken ideas about Islam. This coincided with an agreement taken by a number of Muslim businessmen in Canada and the U...
Date of source: Sunday, June 20, 2004
A group of Islamic scholars and representatives of other religions held a meeting in Geneva, under the auspices of the Ta’arof [Acquaintance] Institution and the Qortoba Institution, to lay the foundations of dialogue between religions based on transparency. The symposium, attended by Islamic...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
Each faithful and rational Muslim has to question the intentions of who behead hostages [in Iraq] do. The aim of these actions is distorting the image of Arabs and Muslims. For me this is tarnishing the image of Islam, which is the spiritual source for Islamic presence in this world.
At the same...
Date of source: Saturday, June 26, 2004
The problem that Islam and Muslims are facing now is primarily an internal problem. The main problem lies here in our methods in understanding this great religion of freedom, justice and tolerance. Some men of religion conspire with people in power in order justify tyranny. Some men of religion are...
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
The veil is a dress code that is deemed acceptable in appearance and content- whether it was essentially based on religious reasons or not. Every person- man or woman- is free to dress as he pleases and follow whatever fashion he likes. So the question remains: why do we freak out and tend to...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Dr. Ahmed Bassam Sa’I, a Syrian scholar and the head of Oxford Academy for Higher Education applied a new approach in interpreting the Holy Qur’an that reveals its miraculous nature. Asharq Al-Awsat met with Dr. Sa’i during his visit to Cairo. AWR presents some of the questions Asharq Al-Awsat...
Date of source: Sunday, June 27, 2004
Watani International met with the Grand Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma’a, during his visit to London in which he headed a delegation comprising Dr. Muhammad Abu Lila, Dr. Gaffar Abdel Salam and Dr. Zaghloul Al-Naggar. The objective of the visit, as the Grand Mufti stated during a seminar held...
Date of source: Monday, July 12, 2004
Finally, one year after the United States of America announced the so-called renewal of religious discourse, Mr. Bush was able to achieve what he wanted. Our Prime Minister, God forgive him, surprised us with a shocking decree which he dictated to governors in their last assembly. The decree, which...
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...
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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.