tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-224702782011-11-15T08:12:36.202+01:00Calling out to Bloggers around the world willing to teach about their cultures and curious to learn about other cultures!(N = 1)http://www.blogger.com/profile/02838326555638378408noreply@blogger.comBlogger281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22470278.post-1158107733243693922006-09-13T02:33:00.000+02:002006-09-13T02:35:33.253+02:00

By Ahmad Al-Matboli, IOL CorrespondentVIENNA — German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble called on Monday, September 11, for a state recognition of Islam and teaching the Muslim faith at schools as part of a state-backed curriculum, while unveiling plans to toughen the country's anti-terror laws."Recognizing Islam in German will pay off as the government will be able to groom home-grown imams

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I want to thank Salim for the help offered and the links to find the information that helped me in understanding the differences in Islam and Christianity and this comment that I have posted. Again Thank You Salim. I have felt and thought the same things. I have posted this on my blog but thought that others should also see this.See we are all human being, brothers and sisters, so we are one

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Article taken from the Dalai Lama's website...San Francisco, USA, 16 April 2006 (By Louis Sahugan, L.A. Times) – Prominent Muslim dignitaries on Saturday met for the first time with the world's most influential Buddhist, the Dalai Lama, enlisting his help in quelling fanatical ideologies within Islamic communities and improving the faith's declining image in the West.The summit was a measure of

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What began with a discussion last March has transformed into a local program in which people of Jewish faith work with those of the Islamic background for the good of their community.The North Hudson Friendship Council, which started as a way for leaders of different faith organizations in North Hudson to get together, has since sponsored events, such as a fundraising dinner organized by 10

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Popular Egyptian televangelist tries to bridge Islam and WestTuesday, March 21, 2006 Posted: 0016 GMT (0816 HKT)CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Islamic televangelist Amr Khaled is young, smiling, teaches love and mercy and is so popular he's credited with inspiring thousands of women -- turned off by dour, traditional clerics -- to take on the veil.Now he's putting his popularity on the line by trying a new

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Say what you want about the cartoons, but this idea is at least original. I found this article in Swedish, but no English version, so I will paraphrase it as well as I can, with my own commentary mixed in. The Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reported on March 12, 2005, that the Blågården library in Copenhagen has started a program inteded to explain misunderstandings and promote cultural exchange,

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Or: “Everything you always wanted to know about Muslims, Christians, Jews or Atheists but were afraid to ask…”This week a special NVFAQ, dedicated to Dennis Prager's important questions.Dear Dennis,In your comment at Global Voices you posed five sincere questions to us, which you felt that law-abiding Muslims needed to answer, for the sake of Islam.Stellar, Omar and Ishan are members of Bridge

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disclaimer:This article represents the views and thoughts of its original author, and is published here in an attempt to give space to various voices to speak about the current issues. Original text in Arabic can be found here .This is an effort to create an as-close-as-possible translation to the original text. I am not a professional translator, I am simply a multi-lingual person who wants to

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This article is taken from www.amrkhaled.comNADIA ABOU EL-MAGDAssociated Press Writer Cairo, Egypt (AP)Islamic scholars at a conference on the continuing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad said it is time to stop protests and boycotts ae for dialogue with the West about offensive cartoons By nd instead enter a dialogue with the West in order to explain the prophet's importance to

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Shari'a is Islamic law that invites Human brotherhood far from selfishness and personal interest for the sake of discarding hatred.It is for the salvation of all mankind in an atmosphere of justice and equality surrounded by divine revelation and noble values within a sphere of ethical legislation that God has set for man.I do understand why people might think that the laws allow subjugation and

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This quote is taken from one of my favourite books, Pale Blue Dot. I posted the quote earlier on my blog, but my readership then wasn't as large as it is now, and hence I felt the quote didn't get the attention it deserves. I chose to also post this on Bridge the Gap, because there are some things to learn from the quote. Please read it, and tell me what you think..“... Look again at that dot.

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Dear Leon,Through all of the Netherlands you are well known as an experienced writer and filmmaker, with an impressive career. Mister Kat, my former high school literature teacher, was unstoppable when promoting your talent and writing style. Even so that everyone in our class practically felt obliged to put at least "Dürer" on their shortlist of books for the oral exam. You are a talented and

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One of the problems that both East and West face is the lack of understanding each other and their way of thinking… Muslims are portrayed as savages to the West and Non-Muslims are viewed as devil followers to the East. These ideas lack knowledge and are filled with ignorance and hatred.There shouldn't be any reason for that. That's why you'll find people from all over the world trying to raise

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Media are still reporting about angry muslims, meanwhile in Iran there is also a strike going on. Important is that most media are ignoring the strike of bus drivers (workers) in Teheran and the coercive treatment of bus drivers in Teheran and its suburbs, who have been beaten, jailed and dismissed for attempting to negotiate better wages. Furthermore, media are reporting about violent acts of

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Francis checked the volunteer list and started surfing and communicating! This way she made some very interesting new friends. Imaan, a Muslim woman living in Sweden and Natasha, a Jewish girl living in Canada.First there is Imaan, she is Swedish an a Muslim. She left for Gaza city for half a year to find out what it would be like to live there. She has family on the Gaza strip. She brought

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Motek from Space, one of the first time volunteers to start Building Bridges, has found this wonderful Israeli initiative. There, I saw this really funny anti-Semitic cartoon today. And I felt free to laugh. So I did and it felt good.Because, yes sometimes it does feel that the media of the world accept more things from the Israeli government than they would from any other country in the world.

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This is a great article written by one of my favourite bloggers, Eman. A well informed, well educated Palestinian-Jordanian woman, currently living in Tunisia.I’ve spent the last couple of weeks doing nothing but replying to comments on my blog, entering forums, leaving comments on people’s blogs, just to defend Arabs in general and Muslims in particular.I’ve reached a point where I’m truly and

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Now this is a quote we can use! From the Koran, no less!(Comment by N=1, not Damascene.)(I will try and make a Dutch translation this weekend)Posted by Damascene 16022006A long-waited move. Alarabiya reported that 41 prominent Muslim clerics have issued a joint statement condemning violence that marked some of the protests against the Danish cartoons. The statement condemned the cartoons but

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Another Great Article on http://www.counterpunch.org by John SuggAnother Quote:Should free speech have constraints? Official censorship is anathema to a free society. Self-censorship and spinning for a regime -- a la Fox News -- is just as corrosive. On the other hand, I think the media should be very judicious about gratuitous offense. I’m repulsed at such things as artist Andres Serrano’s “Piss

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An excellent article by Rick Salutin... published on http://www.rabble.ca"A week ago, I'd not have guessed that the response among Muslims to those Danish cartoons, and the response to their responses, would still beescalating. What accounts for it?Let me suggest it's not due to the specific cartoons. It's areaction to a long, even centuries-long experience of being the object ofsomeone else's

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I was shocked to read Ayman's blog, describing how the Syrian government is trying to block it's users from international and freethinking Blogspace.Ridiculous.That they still think they can pull this off in this day and age! How stupid can you get...This easy 5-step program helps you help the Syrian people thwart censorship.Try and find out which blogs the people in Syria are really feeling they

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Posted by OmarOr: “Everything you always wanted to know about Muslims, Christians, Jews or Atheists but were afraid to ask…”Each week a new question will be mailed to our list of Volunteers. They will be asked to try and answer the question as honest, clear and open-minded as they can. And in a hundred words or less. A digest of the responses will be posted here, waiting for your comments!We hope

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Posted by Voordaan Ik hoor zoveel tegenstrijdige geluiden in deze tijd van chaos: Moslims ' moeten' laten horen dat ze zich distantiëren van de zelfmoordaanslagen, van het verbranden van ambassades, kortom, van het bedreigen van de westerse wereld. Wie denken ' wij' wel dat we zijn? Dat is de gedachte die dan bij mij op komt. Door zo hard te roepen dat DE

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Posted by HeleenBridging the gap: Global Voices, other cultures and what about Dutch immigrants in Spain?For bloggers who are interested in World-bloggers: Visit Global Voices and see what is happening in other countries.“Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens’ media project, sponsored by and launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School.How

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Published by VoordaanFor those who visit my blog for the first time and do not understand the language: hello, you arrived in Utrecht, the Netherlands, somewhere in Europe.This evening I was traveling from Syria to Israel, and I must say, I had a pleasant stay in both countries.Whatever 'they' may write in your country concerning Jews, Christians and Muslims. Whatever 'they' may say about it in

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Please use these banners and images and let your friends, colleagues, fellow students, relatives and of course all the new blog-vistors know you are a Bridgebuilder in Blogspace!This blog changes all the time, where should I link to?The easiest way would be to let the banner point to bridgethegapinblogspace.blogspot.comA new indexpage will be created whenever a new blog gets added, so the index

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This is a list of the first people to have responded to the call for volunteers.There are now bloggers volunteering from all over the Middle-East, Europe and Northern-America, and hits coming from all over the world! We welcome every blogger from every country to join!This list will be updated regularly.Please feel free to visit their weblogs and make contact with them.They (Christians, Muslims

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After have received this email from Ayman, I posted it on my blog. Fellow VK-Blogger Helena responded immediately and suggested that more people ought to start communicating with bloggers abroad.Ayman is a guy from Syria, a country that, in the Dutch public opinion seems about ready to unleash the Muslim hordes on the western world.Why on earth are we thinking that?Because a few fundamentalist

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