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Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
In his article, Majdī Khalīl stresses the Arab and Islamic world’s need of the West. He questions contemporary Islam and Muslims in the light of some of the world’s thinkers. Khalīl highlights the compelling need for the Arabic and Islamic countries to cooperate with the different West to lead to...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
This article reviews the book, ‘Listening to Islam,’ an attempt to present Islam objectively through the eyes of four very different people, two Christian and two Muslim. The author asserts that the book is a very useful and thought provoking introduction to the problems of Christian/Muslim...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From Rasputin to Bin Lādin, religion has always had a role in politics and in political plans. The following text depicts biographies of a number of people whose religious engagements played a role in their political life.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
There are about ten thousand
religions all over the world. This article ranks
them in terms of number of religious adherents and describes where
the majority of each religion is to be
found.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Western history is full of falsifications against
Islam. The real conflict is not between
Muslims and Christians of the region, but between the West and the Islamic
orient.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
This article discusses violence in Islam from the Caliph ‘Uthmān Ibn
‘Ufān to
the Muslim Brotherhood. Religion and holy texts have been taken as pretexts to commit
murder in the name of
God and Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The new president of the Islamic Society of North America admonishes President Bush for using terms like “Islamic fascists” to describe terrorists responsible for killing Americans. She states that "terrorism, crime or violence" is a proper description for such attacks.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 1, 1997
Subtitles:- Alazm: Islam has killed a
lot of people on the
pretext of dividing them into Muslims and Zimmi.- Dr. Qawadri: "We do not have in
Islam the word
Zemmi. They are equal citizens, you should not use the word zemmi or Jizia if you do not like
them.-
Dr. Alazm: Islam is an obstacle in...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Dr. Nasr
Hamed Abu Zeid laments having
been forced to leave Egypt for the Netherlands after being accused of
apostasy.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
The fifth anniversary of 9/11 was a strong reminder of the continued war declared by Islamism against the world, and especially the “infidel West.” This article approaches some of the many questions that that have been raised by the war.
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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.