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Date of source: Friday, September 29, 2006
The pope’s recent declarations have embarrassed Arab Catholics living in the Islamic world. Western countries have different stands on Islam, particularly in Europe, according to the historical and ethnic experiences of each country.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Makram Muhammad Ahmad discusses the misconceptions about Islam adopted in the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Egyptian newspapers present mixed reactions to Pope Benedict’s "apology" for comments he made earlier
this
month on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad. In light of the already tense atmosphere in the Muslim world,
a Berlin
opera company canceled Mozart’s ’Idomeneo’ for fear of protest over...
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author calls upon religious leaders not to instigate fanaticism while at the same pleading for a better understanding of the West and being true to one’s own belief.
Date of source: Sunday, September 24, 2006
The author reflects on the outrage following the controversial lecture given by Pope Benedict XVI in Germany and more broadly on the way that people respond to religious defamation or vilification.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The author praises Pope Shenouda III for all his
efforts to establish peaceful coexistence between Muslims and Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
Western history is full of falsifications against
Islam. The real conflict is not between
Muslims and Christians of the region, but between the West and the Islamic
orient.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
The head of the Islamic Council in Italy asserts that there is no problem
between Islam and Christianity. For him the problem lies in Western culture that does not understand
Muslims’
attempts to defend the spirituality of their creed. To him the West refuses spirituality, this is a
problem in...
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
This article discusses the political influence of key church figures.
Date of source: Saturday, September 23, 2006
From the crusades until now, religion has always been taken as an excuse to wage war. The pope’s recent attitude reveals his political orientation.
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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.