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Date of source: Sunday, December 1, 2002
Watani devotes a full page of information about Muslims in America to refute Arabic press reports about Muslims in the US having problems. It gives some demographic facts about Muslims and the rights they enjoy in the US. It gives an overview of the different “emigration waves” of Muslims and how...
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Robert Fisk argues that while Western media has most of the facts correct, they blatantly refuse to report on the actual causes of conflicts. He criticizes a media which reports about terrorism committed by Muslims and anti-American sentiment without revealing why these sentiments are present in...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2002
At a time when interfaith dialogue groups are opening around the country, when Islamic histories make the bestseller lists and bookstores can´t keep the Qur´an in stock, when the nation is following President Bush´s lead in working toward a fuller and more amicable appreciation of...
Date of source: Friday, November 1, 2002
The author gives details of the dialogue that took place between the Egyptian group and professors and students of Westminster University in the framework of the dialogue program organized by the American Presbyterian Church. The dialogue focused on human rights in Egypt and the relation between...
Date of source: Friday, October 25, 2002
In the memorial of the September 11 attacks, the Presbyterian Church in America organized dialogue programs. It invited ten groups from ten different countries to participate in this program. Each group consists of a Muslim and a Christian. The author was the Christian member of the Egyptian group...
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2002
The author discusses what he calls “the industry of hatred and hostility towards Islam and Muslims.” He sheds light on the writings of Dr. Heinz Dieter Wenter in that respect. He believes that Wenter is one of the few Westerners who writes objectively about Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 13, 2002
The article tackles a study on Islam and the West that was published in The Economist. The study draws the conclusion that the West should change Islam in order to be able to deal with it. The article also gives an outline of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat, a Reality or a Legend?”
Date of source: Friday, October 13, 2000
Christian researcher Nabil Luqa Bebawi wrote a book titled “The spread of Islam by the edge of the sword between reality and fabrication.” It defends Islam against the accusations of terrorism, and that it was spread by sword. This action indicates the courageous mind, pure heart and sound vision...
Date of source: Saturday, October 12, 2002 to Friday, October 18, 2002
The tradition of the niqab has become widespread in Egypt, especially in poor quarters. The niqab is an inherited tradition and not a pillar of the Islamic faith. It was transmitted to Egypt from some Islamic and Arabic countries that live by the traditions of nomadic life and not by the orders of...
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2002
. Avon Ridely is a British journalist who converted to Islam after September 11. She said that the direct relationship between man and God attracted her to 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.