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Date of source: Monday, April 26, 2004
The British Ministry of Interior announced that it would exempt Muslim girls from placing their photos on their new identity cards that the government is seeking to issue in an attempt to try to wipe out the fears of the Muslim community concerning the aim of these new IDs.
The Muslim Council of...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The writer presents some facts concerning the attitude of the British Labor Party toward the Islamic community in Britain. The article sheds light on a report issued by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia entitled, ‘Muslims in the European Union: Discrimination and Islamophobia...
Date of source: Thursday, May 13, 2004
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey yesterday called upon Muslim leaders all over the world to publicly condemn the crime of cutting the head of Nick Berg. The secretary general of the British Islamic Council Iqbal Saqrani made clear that Muslims inside and outside Britain do not need...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Shabina Begoum, A 15-year old Bengali Muslim student living in Britain, said that the school prevented her from wearing a jelbab that covers her entire body except her hands and face. She said that her education has been affected and her human rights violated as a result of this decision. The...
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2004
The British Islamic Council welcomes the statements of Home Secretary David Blunkett about new laws for fighting inciting religious hatred against Muslims. The Council pointed out that draft laws which will be brought before the House of Commons to be endorsed, are just the “first step” in the...
Date of source: Friday, January 9, 2004
Islamic
organizations and others involved in advocating equality criticized the statement of well-known
British media commentator Robert Kilroy-Silk, 61, in which he said that Arabs offered nothing to
human civilization and that their name is linked to suicide operations and the abuse of women.
Date of source: Friday, August 24, 2001
BBC 2 broadcast a documentary drama of eight episodes, under the title "Islam in Britain." the drama touched on almost everything [about Islam], starting with Islam phobia and ending with the impact of Islam on music and architecture. It tried to draw a portrait of the two million Muslims living...
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...
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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.