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Date of source: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Tareq Ramadan, a grandson of the founder of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, whose visa for the U.S was cancelled last month, said that he was not shocked that Youssef Islam was denied entry into the United States. “I passed through the same painful experience after the canceling of my visa last...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 26, 2004
US authorities have prevented the Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef Islam, because of his opposition to the US war in Iraq. He once led a demonstration against such war but he never called for terrorism. He believes in freedom and the moderate teachings of Islam that regards murder as one...
Date of source: Monday, October 25, 2004
The American security systems denied the moderate Muslim singer, Youssef Islam, entry into its land. This, certainly, reflects a contradiction in thinking and planning. The Da’iya [a man who calls for Islam], Youssef, is not like Abu Hamza or Abu Qatada. In fact, he is against extremism and...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
An Italian woman who had embraced Islam, changed her name into Fatma and took the veil, was forced to pay Euro 850 for wearing a niqab. The mayor of the city where the women lives expressed his anger because the woman refused to take off the niqab in order to prove her identity. "The law should be...
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
The office of the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the state of Florida reported that the University of Sawth Florida, one of the biggest American universities, allowed a Muslim student in the university's basketball team to play the games while in veil and long sport costumes.
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 2004
Dr. Muhammad Al-Beshari, head of the public federation of France's Muslims and deputy chairman of the French Council of the Islamic religion stressed that the Council, that was created one year and a half ago managed to develop a institutional framework for the advocation of French Muslims' causes...
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 2004
German Minister of Interior Otto Schily declared yesterday that he would do everything possible to see that the first Arab, Islamic conference does not take place. Berlin Interior Minister Erhart Koerting stated that the authorities of Berlin consider the possibility of banning the congress,...
Date of source: Friday, September 17, 2004
The Danish Ministry of Education approved the teaching of the Holy Qur'an in Danish high schools. According the Danish news agency, the ministry's decision will be applied starting from the next school year. Students will study the Holy Qur'an besides Christianity.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 15, 2004
The legislation regulating the application of Islamic Shari'a is underway in the Ontario province under the arbitration law. The new legislation will allow the creation of an Islamic organization to offer arbitration and mediation services in personal status cases, such as divorce and inheritance....
Date of source: Tuesday, September 14, 2004
The debate over the veil renewed with the beginning French school year. The first day of the school year saw no problems. Muslim students who gave priority to religion over study and decided not to go to school in order not to take their veils off are a minority. Those girls decided to continue...
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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.