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Date of source: Saturday, October 4, 2003
Nehad Awad, director of Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), focuses on the coming American presidential elections and the intentions of American Muslims in this regard. Awad emphasizes that American Muslims are not satisfied with domestic and foreign policies and they will not vote in...
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
The Equal Opportunities Committee has launched a federal lawsuit against the Plaza hotel in New York. The hotel is accused of describing its Muslim employees as “terrorists” and blaming them for the attacks of September 11.
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
A member of the Dutch right wing Peoples Party for Freedom and Democracy [VVD] has called for a law allowing authorities to close mosques that are believed to pose a danger to Dutch society.
Date of source: Thursday, October 2, 2003
The article reports an interview by the French radio station “RTL” with the French Muslim Minister of State for Sustainable Development Affairs. She stated that she is against the wearing of hijabs [veil covering a woman´s hair] in state schools. The article presents also a short review...
Date of source: Friday, October 3, 2003
The German Supreme Constitutional Court released a verdict, despite dissenting differences among the eight judges, on the wearing of hegabs [veil covering a woman’s hair]. The court gave permission to a Muslim teacher to wear the veil while teaching in class.
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2003
The author comments on the opposition of two Iranian women living in France towards the hijab, which has been imposed on all women in Iran after the Islamic revolution. The first wrote a book titled "Let the Veil Fail" and the second issued three picture books titled "Kings’ Land." The book and the...
Date of source: Thursday, September 25, 2003
The German Constitutional Court allowed Fereshta Ludin, a Muslim teacher, to wear the hijab [head cover] during working hours. The court added that local parliaments and not the ministries of Education or Justice are responsible to give future decisions about hijab issues. [Similar news is reported...
Date of source: Saturday, September 20, 2003 to Friday, September 26, 2003
The author comments on the conditions of Muslims in Spain, the first mosque to be established in Granada five centuries after Muslims were driven out of Spain. There are 200,000 Muslims in Spain, including many new converts to Islam. Some examples of new Muslims are given.
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2003
Ahmad Shaheen interviewed former member of the Dutch parliament Judith Belinfante. She is leading an alliance for the sake of peace, including Palestinians and Muslims. Dutch parliament member Zsolt Zabo? represents the VVD and is from Hungarian origin. The MP with two nationalities beliefs...
Date of source: Friday, September 5, 2003
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdel-Aziz called upon Muslims and Christians in Russia to keep the unity of their society and combat any force that tries to create division between the two religions.
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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.