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Date of source: Tuesday, August 30, 2005
A prominent official from a prestigious Soufī group in Iraq has accused both Americans and armed fundamentalist groups of targeting Soufīs. He claims that the interior ministry has ‘misinformed’ the Americans concerning alleged relations between ousted President Saddām Husayn and Soufīs.
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
The outstanding Norwegian journalist and author Asne Seierstad wrote her very personal and compelling report when she survived amid the current chaos of Iraq. The volume is entitled A Hundred and One Days: A Baghdad Journal.
Date of source: Friday, June 10, 2005
Extremist groups like al-Qā‘da are dedicated to violence and use Islam as a cover. However, Islam has nothing to do with those killers that assassinated Egyptian Ambassador in Iraq, خhāb al-Sharīf. Their treatment of their victims reflects a non-Islamic spirit. They wouldn’t have done that if...
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
Egypt was right when it called for collective action against terrorism under the umbrella of an international conference. Egypt was victimized by terrorism and was looking for the collective good when it launched that call. But it was responded to with negligence and selfishness, until terrorism...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005
In the light of the sad London blasts, one is sad for the British losses, as well as the Muslim losses. Whenever wise people promote the good core of Islam, unwise people destroy what was done.
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
The assassination of Ambassador Īhāb al-Sharīf was followed by strange announcements assuring that the Egyptian presence in Iraq was to support the Arab representation in Baghdad. Thus the assassination will not divert the Egyptian attention away from its quest.
Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
Thus there is no religious backing for the abduction or the killing of Egyptian Ambassador خhāb al-Sharīf in Baghdad. He was not responsible for the Iraqi misfortunes or occupation, and he did not kill a single Iraqi. Thus revenge here is groundless.
Date of source: Saturday, June 25, 2005
Sāmir, a 15-year-old Christian Iraqi, was kidnapped and blindfolded by a group of veiled persons, then led to a dark place, forced to eat raw rice and beaten by a whip so that his screams are recorded on tape to send for his folks and blackmail the
Date of source: Wednesday, June 12, 2002
An Iraqi newspaper reports about so-called humanitarian organizations doing missionary work in northern Iraq. It claims the CIA and Mossad are funding these activities and names the Peace Corps as one such organization.
Date of source: Tuesday, February 28, 2006
This press review tackles the Sunni-Shiite clashes in Iraq, the Egyptian initiative forwarded by top Sunni Muslim scholars in Egypt to bring an end to the violence, and the exchanged assaults on the shrines of both sides.
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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.