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Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2001
The article gives information about the geography and demography of Afghanistan and its economic indicators. This is in addition to a historical background that has to do with the Soviet occupation, the civil war and the Taliban government.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Michael Meunier, president of the US Copts Association, asked the readers of the Copts Daily Digest to be "on the lookout in the Egyptian media for anti-American or anti-Christian articles." He found three articles from Al-Ahram and called them "anti-American" and "perverted." But are they?
Date of source: Friday, September 28, 2001
Mr. Joe Stork, Human Rights Watch, Washington, sent a letter to the editor commenting on Bishop Mounir’s definition of persecution. He only differed with the Bishop in that persecution could involve actions that are perpetrated by persons or groups other than the government or "the majority."...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Rev. Dr. John Hiemstra, Director of the office of the New York Council of Churches, wrote that there is less restraint in blaming Arabs than for blaming Muslims for the attacks in America, as many think they are against America. He also pointed out that there is a difference between what educated...
Date of source: Friday, September 21, 2001
Dr. Tarek Mitri, from the World Council of Churches, wrote a letter to the editor as a response to a letter about plans to expand the work of the RNSAW to more subjects and countries. He expressed his appreciation for the RNSAW’s good work and his pleasure to hear that there are plans to cover new...
Date of source: Friday, September 21, 2001
[This letter was mailed to us by father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j.]
Although there were people rejoicing throughout the Third World over the attacks in America, only Palestinians were pictured celebrating by the Western media. One of the numerous Western cameras that fill Israel will always...
Date of source: Friday, September 21, 2001
The article gives excerpts of the address President George W. Bush gave after the attacks in America. Bush thanked the world for its outpouring of support. He pointed out that all the evidence they gathered pointed to Al-Qaida group led by Usama Bin Laden. He stressed that America’s enemy is not...
Date of source: Saturday, September 22, 2001
Drs. Cornelis Hulsman was interviewed by Egyptian TV to speak about the role of Western media in reporting on the attack in America. The questions directed at him made it obvious that there is a deep mistrust of Western reporting about the Arab and Islamic world. The interviewer believed that...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 18, 2001
The news of the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were the talk of the day in Egypt. I have not interviewed any people but just took notes when people were speaking about the attacks. These notes are given here.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Muhammad Hashem, a cousin of the former rector of the Azhar University, needs help in Fanding someone who is interested in Islamic studies and willing to correct the English of his Ph.D. thesis. Payment is not available but in return Hashem will be willing for doing any kind of help within his...
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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.