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Date of source: Wednesday, April 24, 2002
A British court will decide on May 10 about the American demand to deport an Algerian fundamentalist to the USA. He is accused to be the mastermind of the attempt to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in 2000 and of having relations with Al-Qa´ida. Another case is the trial of the director...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 26, 2002
The administrative court of Frankfurt approved the building a mosque in the German city of Niederzell despite the opposition of the residents of the city. The Christian Democratic Party and the Republican Party appealed against the decision. Residents of many other German cities opposed the...
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
Khalid Dowran is a Muslim Arab living in America. He wrote a book titled “The Seed of Abraham…Towards an Understanding of Islam.” The book caused a wide controversy to the extent that the leader of one of the Islamic groups in Jordan issued a fatwa that charges Dowran of kufr [unbelief]. In the...
Date of source: Friday, February 15, 2002
A leader of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya asked the general secretary of the UN to investigate the statement the UN counselor of security affairs gave to the Dutch TV about him. The leader of the Gama´at said the UN official falsely claimed that he is one of the leaders of the Qa´ida...
Date of source: Monday, February 18, 2002
The Arabic section of the Voice of America interviewed some Muslim scholars and imams to give their opinions on issues like terrorism, jihad and the right of the USA to respond to the September 11 attacks. Such interviews were taped and hundreds of thousands of tapes were copied and send to the...
Date of source: Friday, January 25, 2002
The media spokesman of the Gama´at Al-Islamiya said that the attacks against the US have nothing to do with Islam. He said that the media statement of Bin-Laden was provocative and full of expressions that can only be understood by Muslims. He expressed his rejection of the terrorism that was...
Date of source: Monday, January 28, 2002
Tomorrow, The Grand Imam Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi will travel to London to sign a dialogue and cooperation agreement with the Anglican Church. The Grand Imam stated that his visit to London came in the framework of the efforts Egypt is exerting to promote peace and counter terrorism. He added...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2002
The USA hastened and accused the Arabs and Muslims in general and Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qa´ida organization in particular of being behind the attacks. America´s accusation of Arabs and Muslims was not filed haphazardly. It gave America the chance to invade Afghanistan under the claim...
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2002
The September 11 attacks created an atmosphere similar to that created by the crimes of the Nazis against the Jews. By considering what happened in the Holocaust, it will be clear that the September events are very similar. Both events were unfamiliar and unpredictable. However, in the Jewish model...
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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.