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Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, if the number of Europeans converting to Islam continues to increase, Europe will be an Islamic continent soon. The paper claims that international intelligence agencies reported on the spread of Islam in Europe, stressing their plan to prevent its spread,...
Date of source: Saturday, November 22, 2003
Wearing the hijab [the veil covering a woman´s hair] has become an adventure, and sometimes it is a crime, due to racism and discrimination against Muslims in the West. This is the result of the experience of the journalist Caroline Fontine of Paris Match magazine. She wore the hijab for three...
Date of source: Saturday, November 22, 2003
The article is about a book entitled “The New Enmity for Islam,” by French author Vincent Jesseir. The book has caused a lot of argument within political, cultural and media circles in France as it deals with a very sensitive issue in the French society today. The author discusses the enmity...
Date of source: Thursday, November 20, 2003
The article is a response to an article by Abdu Mubashir published in Al-Ahram on November 2, 2003. In his article Mubashir attacked the veil under the pretext that it triggers the West and causes hostility against Islam and Muslims. The article mentions the opinions of a number of Muslim scholars...
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2003
The author recounts the stories of five Jewish Israelis who converted to Islam, and the difficulties they met after conversion, as they are published in full details in an Israeli newspaper.
Date of source: Sunday, November 16, 2003
The article discusses the issue of the Islamic veil in the Western world and how it turned into focus that draws hostility towards Islamic life styles. The author believes that the Western rejection of the veil can be regarded as a part of the trend that rejects foreigners in Europe which is well...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 11, 2003
The Catholic Church gets involved in the debate taking place in France concerning the way to deal with the phenomenon of the hijab [veil]. The church voiced its rejection of a law that firmly establishes secularism and bans religious manifestations in public institutions.
Date of source: Monday, November 10, 2003
The author believes that the issue of the hijab in France is not a purely religious issue. Many Western intellectuals and politicians believe that wearing the hijab necessarily has political indications.
Date of source: Saturday, November 8, 2003
The “Hijab” is one of the main issues French political parties discuss for the coming elections. Each party expresses its attitude towards the hijab: whether to allow wearing it at schools or not and whether to issue a law against it or not. The secular nature of the French society is forced into...
Date of source: Friday, November 7, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Ali Goma’a, the Mufti of Egypt. He commented on many gender-related issues: female genital mutilation, marriage, freedom of women and gender rights. He also gave an idea about his personal life. In addition, he explained the controversial fatwa that allows women...
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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.