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Date of source: Sunday, November 3, 2002
German orientalist Gernot Rotter published a study titled “Islam, the New Illusionary Enemy of the West.” The study states that the imagined mutual hostilities between Islam and the West is not based on disagreement in faith. The fact that Islam is defined on religious bases and the West is defined...
Date of source: Sunday, October 27, 2002
The author discusses what he calls “the industry of hatred and hostility towards Islam and Muslims.” He sheds light on the writings of Dr. Heinz Dieter Wenter in that respect. He believes that Wenter is one of the few Westerners who writes objectively about Islam.
Date of source: Sunday, October 13, 2002
The article tackles a study on Islam and the West that was published in The Economist. The study draws the conclusion that the West should change Islam in order to be able to deal with it. The article also gives an outline of John Esposito´s book “The Islamic Threat, a Reality or a Legend?”
Date of source: Sunday, September 22, 2002
Anyone who follows the news published on Islam and Muslims is likely in a state of shock. The Western media talks about an Islam different from that which Muslims believe in and live. They talk about an Islam that is full of evil and hostility and that spreads terrorism all over the world.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 27, 2002
The brutal practices of Israel against the Palestinians and America´s blessing of such practices cannot be understood without a careful examination of the situation of the three revealed religions in the USA and in the Arab world. Such an examination is needed to be able to start a dialogue...
Date of source: Sunday, May 26, 2002
After the events of September 11, it was said that Islam wanted to attack the Western civilization and that Christianity wanted to take revenge on Islam. Involving religions in the events in Afghanistan is against the voice of reason. The American attack was not aimed at Muslims in Afghanistan. It...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 7, 2002
Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) and the Ministry of Awqaf will organize a forum in which a group of distinguished Islamic scholars and Christian clergymen will discuss the challenges of globalization and its passivity over the Arab and Islamic communities.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2002
The Middle East Council of Churches decided to translate the Encyclopedia of the History of Christianity into English, French and German. Among its many issues, the Encyclopedia touches upon the Islamic culture and the influence of Islam on Arab societies and Eastern Christians. Because translators...
Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2002
In this article Dr. Youssef Al-Qaradawi speaks about the importance of the Islamic-Christian dialogue. He speaks about the things that spoil the relationship between Muslims and Christians, how to fight terrorism, the difference between terrorism and the legal right of defending one´s country...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 5, 2002
The Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services organized a seminar on whether the role of religion changed because of globalization. Islamic thinker Selim Al-Awa assured that religion has a role to play at all times. The Jesuit father Henry Boulad said that modernism is a challenge to...
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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.