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23. Two Egyptians, a Palestinian and a Syrian are at the head the list of the most wanted of Britain
Date of source: Friday, November 23, 2001
The British government is trying to enforce some restrictive laws with the claim of fighting terrorism. The aim is to detain Arab political refugees who are described as extremist fundamentalists. The most important are Abu Hamza Al-Masri, Omar Bakri, Yasser Al-Serri and Abu Qatada.
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2001
Mohammed Al-Sharqawi, who represents the Islamic community in the British House of Lords, pointed out that the different mass media [in Britain] are keen on distorting the image of Islam and Muslims because most of them are owned by Jews. After the attacks of September 11, the media intentionally...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2001
"The Grasp of Islam" is an American film about an American engineer involved in a construction project in one of the countries of the Arab Gulf. The film views the town where the engineer lives as a dirty primitive town with dirty and untrustworthy people living in it. The general ethics of Islam...
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2001
The BBC fired a Muslim journalist from his job because of his clear inclination towards Islam. The British Islamic Council issued a declaration stating its disgust at the decision to fire a journalist for being a member of an Islamic group.
Date of source: Friday, September 14, 2001
The American Postal service released the first American postage stamp showing both the Lesser and the Greater Bairam Feasts. The head of the Islamic Society in North America believed that issuing such a stamp symbolized that Muslims are a part of American society.
Date of source: Friday, August 31, 2001
The book "Treatment of Non-Muslims in the State of Islam," by Ibrahim Suleiman, refutes the claims accusing Islam of being a religion of fanaticism that blots out freedom. It also discusses the principles of the Islamic Shari’a regarding the treatment of non-Muslims.
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: Friday, August 17, 2001
Professor Mohammed Ahmed Al-Mosayyir of the Azhar University explained that since men have power over women, a Muslim woman cannot be the wife of a non-Muslim man. If a non-Muslim woman converts to Islam, she can stay with her husband, without sharing his bed in order to explain Islam to him. She...
Date of source: Friday, August 3, 2001
The Qur’an teaches Muslims to respect non-Muslims, who live in peace with them. It also allows them to do charity to the poor of the non-Muslims. However, they are not to be given from the almsgiving, which is one of the five principles of Islam and is dedicated only to poor Muslims.
Date of source: Friday, July 27, 2001
Tareq Al-Bishri’s "Muslims and Copts in the Frame of the Patriotic Group" touches upon the relationship between Muslims and Christians in the period from the beginnings of the 19th century until the July 23 Revolution, in 1952. He gave many examples on how this relation was a good one and how both...
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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.