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Date of source: Friday, May 13, 2005
The incidents and practices of discrimination against Muslims in the United States increased by 49% throughout the last year compared to the year 2003. Further, the crimes of hatred increased during the same period to reach more than 50%.
Date of source: Saturday, April 23, 2005
Though the West has been discriminating against Islam for years, history provides for Western efforts to understand Islam, believing in the driving force of its spiritual power that is not-existent in the West. Thus, the fear of Islam emanates from fear that Muslims could regain their old hegemony...
Date of source: Saturday, March 20, 2004
Terrorists have changed their strategies after the precautionary measures taken by world countries in airports and on board of planes following the September 11 attacks. Terrorist operations now target trains and train stations, where a massive number of people crowd, especially during rush hour....
Date of source: Wednesday, March 17, 2004
A Muslim German lady submitted a request to the German Jurisdiction to excuse her teenage daughters from attending sexual education classes in her German school.
The request was overruled. The problem, however, raised various reactions and caused division between Germans and Muslims. This is...
Date of source: Friday, April 2, 2004
A German [Southern] state of Baden-Wuerttemberg yesterday endorsed a law banning teachers from wearing the veil in public schools, but the same law allows Christian and Jewish symbols. This [law] foretells an outbreak of debate similar to that witnessed in France. The governments of six states want...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
The Committee for Children’s Rights of the United Nations asked France yesterday to edit the law of banning religious symbols so that it does not lead to the expulsion of students from schools. The Committee stated that “the state should guarantee that the rights of individuals are not violated and...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Shabina Begoum, A 15-year old Bengali Muslim student living in Britain, said that the school prevented her from wearing a jelbab that covers her entire body except her hands and face. She said that her education has been affected and her human rights violated as a result of this decision. The...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 13, 2004
For four concessive weeks, the issue of prohibiting wearing the hijab in French schools
occupied the Arabic press. Tens of articles have been published as to elucidate Chirac’s decision
from different aspects. On the one hand, few writers believe such decision is a French domestic
subject that...
Date of source: Monday, January 12, 2004
Due to the fact that he is close to decision-making
circles, or to be more correct at their center, he knows all the facts. He is a good reader of
various issues, with all their reflections and the input on current situations. Here lies the
importance of this interview with Dr. Usama Al-Baz, the...
Date of source: Saturday, January 24, 2004
The
article reports about the response of Tareq Ramadan, a Swiss Islamic intellectual and the
grandson of Hassan Al-Banna [the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt] to the decision of
someone of the municipality of district No. 12 in Paris for canceling the lease of a hall where
Ramadan...
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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.