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Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
French researcher Vincent Jesseir published his book "The New Enmity for Islam" as an answer to the fierce movement of enmity for Islam and Muslims. This movement has spread widely in Europe in general and in France in particular after the September 11 events. Many European intellectuals adopt such...
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: Saturday, November 15, 2003
The Al-Ahram Al-Arabi supplement of November 15 discussed the problems facing Muslim communities in Europe, including Russia, and the United States. These problems include the ready-made accusation of terrorism, discrimination, the need for developing a new Islamic jurisprudence that takes in...
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: Monday, November 3, 2003
The Dutch parliament is due to examine a number of subjects regarding education, including Muslim schools and their impact on society. It is expected that discussions over education will bring hot disagreements among different Dutch parties, particularly over the issue of Islamic schools.
Date of source: Thursday, October 30, 2003
Major Islamic organizations in the United States boycotted the iftar dinner at the White House in protest of the American president´s negligence of issues of the Muslim community in the US.
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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.