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Date of source: Saturday, February 24, 2001 to Friday, March 2, 2001
In the past the Muslims of America and Europe were not allowed to found Islamic associations or practice Islamic rituals openly. This status has changed during the last quarter of a century.
Date of source: Friday, February 9, 2001
The American Congress started its session with Islamic invocations as an appreciation for Islam, as one of the main religions in the United States and for the increased role of Muslims there. The invocation was read by the head of the mosque of Dar Al-Higra [litt: House of Emigration] in the state...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 30, 2001
The RNSAW (2000, week 51A, art. 31) placed a translation of an article in Al-Wafd, which carried the title: "A Dutch provocation to Muslims in Ramadan." The article accused a Dutch scholar without mentioning a name. Based on the information given the author probably referred to Prof. Dr. Bram de...
Date of source: Friday, January 26, 2001
Islamic associations, representing the Muslim communities in Europe, held a conference, at UNESCO headquarters, to show the need for the Muslim community in Europe to be included in the march of European unity. The head of the Muslim Public Federation in France emphasized that dialogue between...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 16, 2001
A Moroccan Muslim preacher, living in Holland, pointed out the status of Muslims there and the support the Dutch Churches Organization has given them. When they were incapable of finding a place to build the first mosque in Holland, the Organization rented them a corner in a church and for the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The British government is facing demands for investigation of whether Muslim students in Britain are being militarily trained and armed to fight outside Britain, especially in Chechnya and Kashmir. This demand has led to fears among British Muslims, especially those who belong to the...
Date of source: Friday, September 15, 2000
A leading conservative contender to succeed the Pope yesterday triggered an explosive row over immigration by giving warning that "Christian Europe" was in danger of being overwhelmed by a "Muslim invasion" and by urging the Italian Government to allow only Roman Catholic immigrants to enter the...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 26, 2000
The Vatican issued a charter that belittles the non-Roman Catholic Christian denominations [Orthodoxy and Protestantism] and other religions, especially Islam. This matter aroused dissatisfaction amongst Protestants and Muslims. Moreover, the statement of the cardinal, who is the strongest...
Date of source: Thursday, August 3, 2000
Sheikh Nazar Fakhori, the Mufti of Switzerland, confirmed that the Swiss people are willing to learn about Islam and that there are lots of Muslims in Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Bern and in other cities. He also added that, the Islamic community in Switzerland is one of the most active communities...
Date of source: Sunday, July 30, 2000
An exhibition, under the title of "Al-Andalus and Europe", is inaugurated at the university of Bonne in Germany. It discusses the effects of the Islamic civilization on Western civilization and how the former enriched the European culture and formed the current cultural and scientific western...
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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.