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Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
If all Muslims gather to select a movie that describes the lofty reality of Islam they will not be able to present the same vivid picture as that of the French movie Monsieur Ibrahim et Les Fleurs du Coran. The movie stars Omar Al-Sherif who won a special award at Cannes Film Festival. The movie...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 1, 2004
A television program produced by a Muslim Somali refugee which insults Islam has caused an outcry in Holland. The Daily Telegraph reported that the Somali Refugee Ayan Hirsi Ali, after living in Holland for twelve years and becoming a member of parliament, is a vehement critic of Islam. Her...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
A Kuwaiti Islamist Member of Parliaments threatens to question the Kuwaiti Minister of Information and other government officials in Parliament. The Kuwaiti MP criticized Kuwaiti Television for airing the competitions of the Olympic Games in Athens which women participate in. Awad Al-Anzi said that...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2004
When the American film (what’s the name of the film?) that narrates in detail the story of the prophet Muhammad was aired on the official PBS (Public Broadcasting System) for the first time, it caused much controversy. The film portrays Islam’s relationship to other religions: For every nation,...
Date of source: Saturday, March 2, 2002
In 1970, the Islamic World Union sent the Azhar a statement in which it objected to shooting the film “The Message” about the life of the Prophet. The statement did not only aim at controlling the production of “The Message” but at establishing a new policy for making religious movies in general....
Date of source: Saturday, July 5, 2003
The author criticizes the Committee of Culture, Media and Tourism affiliated with the People’s Assembly for the fact that its members launched a “war” against low standard films. He believes there are many problems in the society more important than this kind of films for the members of the...
Date of source: Saturday, March 6, 2004
An interview with Mel Gibson on his film “The Passion of the Christ”.
Date of source: Thursday, March 18, 2004
Bishop Musa, the bishop of youth, confirmed that there is no space in Christianity to bestow innocence upon the Jews. The Jews confessed to the killing of Christ when they said “May his blood be on us, and on our children” in the Bible. [“And All the people answered, “May his blood be on us, and...
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2004
The Jewish complaints about the film “The Passion of Christ” have changed the dispute from a historical dispute to a political dispute. No doubt the film will increase the feelings of racism against the Jews, like the leaders of the Jewish American organizations said, especially since it coincides...
Date of source: Monday, March 8, 2004
The Azhar issued a fatwa via the Islamic Research Institute rendering haram touching the sanctity of prophets on the TV screen or cinema or even in caricature drawings. Dr. Abdel Sabour Shahin, a Muslim scholar, said that the part of “The Passion of the Christ,” where the Jews tried kill Christ is...
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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.