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Date of source: Wednesday, November 1, 2006
A
conference in the UNESCO gathered politicians and intellectuals from different countries who called to improve
dialogue among civilizations
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
Muftīī of the Republic, Dr.
‘Alī Jum‘ah, severely criticizes religious opinions proclaimed by non-specialists on
satellite channels and said these opinions, which should not be called fatwás, cause confusion amongst
Muslims. He urged society to adopt a common culture to confront these opinions.
Date of source: Friday, October 27, 2006
‘Amir continues his criticism of the Twelver
Shī‘ah and clarify that his attitude is merely religious and has nothing to do with
political affairs of the Shī‘ah countries. He asks Sunnī scholars to give
precise answers for certain questions about Shī‘ah doctrine.
Date of source: Saturday, October 28, 2006
Thurayyā al-Shahrī reveals ambiguity in the Western understanding of Islām, Muslims and Arabs. The West does not have a clear vision in this regard. Thurayyā stresses Arabs’ roles in clarifying these concepts and putting needed boundaries between the different concepts.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The author argues that the U.S. has misapplied the definition of
terrorism to pursue its own policies and strategies in the Middle East region. This has not helped to reduced
terrorism however, but only fueled further terrorist operations.
Date of source: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Explaining the broad meaning of the concept of
jihād in Islām, Muslim thinker Rajab al-Bannā quoted famous British writer Karen
Armstrong’s definition of it as "struggle and effort, not a synonym for holy war as Westerners define it."
Ahmad ‘Izz al-Dīn al-‘Arab wrote in a short article in al-...
Date of source: Sunday, October 22, 2006
Majdī Khalīl mentions some of the situations where Muslims have attacked Christians, Jews and the West and questions who should apology to whom over such incidents.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author discusses internal conflict within institutional churches.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
There are about ten thousand
religions all over the world. This article ranks
them in terms of number of religious adherents and describes where
the majority of each religion is to be
found.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The new president of the Islamic Society of North America admonishes President Bush for using terms like “Islamic fascists” to describe terrorists responsible for killing Americans. She states that "terrorism, crime or violence" is a proper description for such attacks.
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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.