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Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
This writer, with a non-Western background, writes in strong support of Western values, especially freedom of expression in light of the Danish cartoon crisis, and condemns multiple aspects of the Islamic society as being inferior.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
The author is writing about the Danish cartoon crisis. He says that respect is not a right and adds that freedom of speech depends on people accepting criticism, even where it is quite clearly disrespectful, and that this is a price well worth paying for freedom of speech. He holds that freedom of...
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
This French author writes about the global cartoon crisis of 2006. He holds that in a democracy, freedom of the press is total. For the government to interfere is out of the question. However, he adds that the legal system can always be used by anyone who feels that legitimate rights have been...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 31, 2003
A discussion about he Arab world and democracy took place between two important political intellectuals belonging to the Republican Party. The first one is Farid Zakariya, who belongs to the realism movement, and who is the Editor-in-Chief of Newsweek. The second one is Robert Kegan, an...
Date of source: Saturday, November 29, 2003
The article is an interview with Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi. He commented on the fiqh of facilitation that he is famous for applying, the Islamic religious discourse, the schools of Islam and the top problem of the Islamic world today. He also commented on the conditions in Iraq and the possibility of...
Date of source: Friday, November 28, 2003
The article is an interview with Saad Eddin Ibrahim over the news that the US has allocated to his Ibn Khaldoun Center $2 million, cut from the American aid to Egypt and his recent visit to the US. He also commented on the latest speech of the American president, especially his words about...
Date of source: Sunday, November 23, 2003
Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim confesses that President Bush´s speech on democracy in the Middle East earlier this month came as a pleasant surprise but he has strong misgivings about his unilateral intervention in Iraq and failure to maintain consistent standards toward Palestinians and Israelis. See...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2003
The text of the speech of the Ambassador to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, January 30, 2003
Al-Usbua´s reporting about US interference in Egyptian curricula is the result of polarization between US-government and Egyptian authors who no longer trust information of US government sources. These authors are basing their information on sources they trust but this may result in...
Date of source: Sunday, August 28, 2005
Once asked what democracy is, former Vice-President Hubert Humphrey replied, “It is the right not to listen.” The citizens of a political community debate and argue many political and non-political issues vital or minor to their existence. In a non-democratic society and state, there is a monopoly...
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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.