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Date of source: Sunday, July 17, 2005
Terrorism usually comes like a bolt from the blue, but not so the explosions in London. Some British Islamist leaders have been warning for months that such violence was imminent.
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2002
Many American Muslims said that after the September 11 attacks they found tolerance among ordinary American individuals more than among political and religious leaders. This fact made many Muslim activists think of working among ordinary people rather than among officials to convey the true image...
Date of source: Saturday, April 20, 2002
Osama Salama´s words are sharp, full of anger about Coptic emigrants. People in Egypt, other Arab countries, Europe, the US and Israel itself protest against the Israeli atrocities against the Palestinians. But where are the voices of the emigrant Copts and Arab Christians? We checked the Copts...
Date of source: Saturday, November 5, 2005
Mu‘tazz al-Khatīb writes that many orientalists have been preoccupied with the ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam and the West. Montgomery Watt, Bruce B. Lawrence, and other have revealed how Islam is often portrayed as an alien, hostile and violent religion.
Date of source: Saturday, October 22, 2005
Radwān al-Sayyid writes about books by orientalists, the importance of translation in gathering information, and communication with the West.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 27, 2004
A three-day conference was held in the Swiss city of Zurich under the title of “Egyptian Copts … a Minority under Siege.” The conference, in which some suspicious agencies participated, started on Thursday and concluded on Saturday. A look at the titles of the papers discussed during the conference...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Daniel Pipes is an American Orientalist known for his strong enmity towards Islam and Muslims, especially newly converted Muslims. Pipes has lately called for prosecuting any American who change his religion and convert to Islam. Pipes demanded the maximum penalty for any American who converts to...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
American professors of Arab origin and Muslim faith became subject to much scrutiny. Those professors are sometimes accused of being anti-Semitic or disloyal to America. On August 24, the Chicago Tribune reported about a recent incident in lengthy article by Cam Simpson under the title "Muslim...
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2004
American Muslims are about to make their decision regarding the candidate they will vote for in the coming presidential election in November.
The stances of the candidates for presidency towards the issue of the Middle East [the Palestinian-Israeli conflict] remains the principal motive that makes...
Date of source: Sunday, June 12, 2005
In his excellent book, ‘Understanding Jihad’, David Cook of Rice University in the USA dismisses the low-grade debate that has raged since 9/11 over the nature of jihād - whether it is a form of offensive warfare or (more pleasantly) a type of moral self-improvement
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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.