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Date of source: Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Despite the temporary calm since the beginning of 2021, French President Emmanuel Macron’s campaign on “radical Islam” and “Islamist separatism” in France hasn’t stopped. Instead, the temporary calm has perhaps come to contain the outrage that Macron’s statements provoked when he stated that “...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 11, 2020
A church source warned against getting carried away with people who provoke sectarian strife, especially on social media.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Dār al-Iftāʾ’s Islamophobia Observatory in Egypt, praised the popular solidarity initiatives that European Muslims in the West started with the victims of terrorist attacks that have struck some European capitals. All of this comes amidst a series of provocative statements and incidents towards...
Date of source: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Egyptian and French officials held discussions on Sunday related to terrorism, extremism, and political developments in the region.
Date of source: Thursday, October 29, 2020
In light of the controversy caused by the recent comments made by French President Emmanuel Macron, al-Ahrām Portal talked to three Coptic intellectuals who agreed that insulting Islam, religions in general, and prophets is unacceptable from a Christian perspective. However, some of them also...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Terrorist attacks have been on the rise lately, with the most recent one being an attack on a synagogue in Austria. On November 2, gunmen attacked six locations in Vienna, resulting in one death and at least 16 others being injured with the police killing one of the assailants.
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2020
The Observatory for Monitoring Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist Views condemned the terrorist attack targeting a Greek Orthodox priest in the French city of Lyon.
Date of source: Monday, October 26, 2020
In a meeting led by Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib on Monday, the Muslim Council of Elders condemned the systematic campaign seeking to disparage the Prophet Muḥammad and mock Islam under the motto of “freedom of expression.” It also condemned the murder of French teacher Samuel Paty as...
Date of source: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Since the beheading of a French history teacher by a religious extremist in France, French officials have been facing outcry on social media for their statements insisting the incident is linked to Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Shaykh of al-Azhar Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib condemned the statement that “Muslims are terrorists,” emphasizing that “Many people, including even some Muslims, were deluded into accepting the allegation.”
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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.