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Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 1999 to Wednesday, July 14, 1999
A British court this week ruled in favor of three London-based Islamists, turning down a police request to question them in connection with suspected involvement in terrorism. The suspects include two Egyptians who are leaders of Ansar El-Shari’a, "Upholders of Islamic Law." They are Mustafa Kamel...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 1999
Paris and London are, arguably, the world’s two most cosmopolitan cities. They also have thriving and growing Muslim communities. Unfortunately, it seems that Muslim activists in both places are intent on portraying two contradictory pictures of Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, June 24, 1999 to Wednesday, June 30, 1999
The US has officially charged Ayman El-Zawahri, leader of the underground Jihad group, and his aide, Khaled El-Fawwaz, with involvement in the twin bombings of its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania last August. El-Zawahri is believed to reside in Afghanistan while El-Fawwaz is under arrest in...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 1999
A review of a book by Milad Hanna calling for a culture of mutual acceptance and the emphasis on national identity over a sectarian religious identity, as well as some background information on Dr Milad Hanna himself.
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 1999 to Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Interior Minister Habib El-Adli denied that there is a truce between the security forces and the Gama’a Islamiyya. He said his department acts to reintegrate jailed militants into society once they "repent" and are released. El-Adli also announced that an official probe into allegations of police...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 1999
The British Prime Minister meets for the first time the Council for Muslims to discuss their demands; and former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt said he expects the majority of the world’s population to become Muslims over the next fifty years. Speaking at the "Inter-Religious Dialogue Conference...
Date of source: Thursday, April 29, 1999 to Wednesday, May 5, 1999
In another blow to Islamist militants, 13 members of the clandestine Vanguards of Conquest, an offshoot of the Jihad group, were handed over to Egypt during the past few weeks by South Africa, Yemen, Kuwait and Syria.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 20, 1999
Teachers of history in Egyptian universities affirmed the prominent role played by the Coptic Church in national liberation movements.
Date of source: Thursday, April 22, 1999 to Wednesday, April 28, 1999
This trial is the biggest trial of suspected Islamic militants since those that followed the assassination of the late President Anwar Al-Sadat.
Date of source: Wednesday, April 14, 1999
[also published in Al-Sha’ab, April 13, 1999]
The article gives some background on Salman Rushdie.
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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.