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Date of source: Saturday, December 6, 2003
The article is an interview with four Saudi figures. They comment on the responsibility of the Saudi local religious discourse for the recent bombings in Riyadh. Is this local discourse self-contradictory as it theorizes for terrorism and then criticizes those who apply it? Or is it a moderate...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
In a sarcastic tone, the author claims that he reads many articles in the Arabic press that make pretty and heavy reading but are in effect taken from the foreign press. These articles are assembled and their authors give them Islamized introductions and nationalistic conclusions. He calls this “...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 26, 2003
The article is an interview with the Dr. Salah Eddin Al-Ga’farawi, head of the Islamic Council in Germany. He comments on the phenomenon of extremism before and after September 11, the conditions of Muslims in Germany and on how much Europeans are today aware of the questions of Arabs and Muslims.
29. Bush´s statement that Christians and Muslims have the same God inconveniences his religious base
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
Bush was asked at a press conference if he believes that Muslims worship the same God Christians worship. He answered that freedom is God´s gift to every person, and that he believes Muslims worship the same God Christians worship. Bush´s statement caused an uproar. Evangelical Christian...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
The Mufti of Egypt issued a fatwa to the effect that a woman is entitled to refrain from serving her husband, and is entitled to claim for a wage in return for breast-feeding her baby because a woman does not marry in order to become a servant. The fatwa has been the subject of much controversy...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 3, 2003
The Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood denied that there have been contacts between leaders of the Brotherhood and American officials. The denial came in a response to the article by Ma´moun Fandy published in Asharq Al-Awsat about the “dialogue between the Brotherhood and Americans in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The article reports on the annual meeting of the Brotherhood International Organization, held in Qatar. Such meeting put forth questions on the role of Qatar, the new trends within the Brotherhood organization, and the American-Brotherhood dialogue. There was a European-Brotherhood dialogue in...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 25, 2003
It is a fatal mistake to consider religious terrorism an abnormal act that is perpetrated by a group of abnormal youths. Religious terrorism is the product of an existing mentality and culture. We condemn religious violence, but we do not review its causes. We fear the results of this review, for...
Date of source: Monday, November 17, 2003
The article is a translation of an article published in the New York Times about Tareq Ramadan, the grandson of the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood Hassan Al-Banna. Ramadan is regarded by a large number of people interested in Islamic affairs as a respectable researcher who calls for a moderate,...
Date of source: Saturday, November 15, 2003
The author condemns the crime of the bombings of Al-Mahya complex in Saudi Arabia. Citing some Qur´anic verses and hadiths, he emphasizes that terrorist actions contradict with Islam which prohibits killing innocent people. The author argues that the perpetrators of such crimes join the enemies of...
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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.