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Date of source: Sunday, December 15, 2002
The author quotes Western books and newspaper articles on Islam and Muslims in an attempt to answer the question: Who is behind the campaign against Islam? He ironically wonders whether it is Zionists or Satan who move the West against Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2002
Attacks upon Islam in the Western media is taken as a sign of Western democracy and freedom of expression. The matter has reached a point where the West is distorting the Qur´an through translation. Translations by German Orientalists are partial and not complete. Even some Orientalists who do...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 13, 2002
The article gives excerpts of what the Western press wrote on Islam after September 11. It shows that some people tried to transform the feelings of hatred towards terrorism into feelings of hatred towards Muslims.
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2002
The article gives an overview of two Swiss books on Islam, "Islam in Switzerland” and "The Arab World in the Eyes of the Swiss: The Middle East, The Core of Conflict." The two books show how Swiss think about Islam and how Muslims live in Switzerland.
Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2002
German orientalist Gernot Rotter published a study titled “Islam, the New Illusionary Enemy of the West.” The study states that the imagined mutual hostilities between Islam and the West is not based on disagreement in faith. The fact that Islam is defined on religious bases and the West is defined...
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2002
The author discusses what he calls “the industry of hatred and hostility towards Islam and Muslims.” He sheds light on the writings of Dr. Heinz Dieter Wenter in that respect. He believes that Wenter is one of the few Westerners who writes objectively about Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 13, 2002
The article tackles a study on Islam and the West that was published in The Economist. The study draws the conclusion that the West should change Islam in order to be able to deal with it. The article also gives an outline of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat, a Reality or a Legend?”
Date of source: Sunday, September 29, 2002
Professor Jack Shahine did a research on the stereotypical image of Arabs and Muslims in the American popular culture. His analysis of books, TV and radio programs, and movies showed that the American mind associates Arabs and Muslims with Bedouinism, sand, palm trees, tents and women.
Date of source: Sunday, September 22, 2002
Anyone who follows the news published on Islam and Muslims is likely in a state of shock. The Western media talks about an Islam different from that which Muslims believe in and live. They talk about an Islam that is full of evil and hostility and that spreads terrorism all over the world.
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2002
The rage against Islam did not start with September 11 but September 11 brought the already existing feelings in the open. Therefore, Muslims have to move from within the Western nations, speak their language and use the logic they understand in order to remove the preconceived ideas and...
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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.