In a year in which the United States is going through a lively election process, centred on hot issues that touch the economic as well as social and cultural life of the country, how American Muslims and their communities are perceived is a question in quest for an answer. For some the latter is easy, a wave of Islamophobia is sweeping across the country; for others the problem is less serious than some might think. In this newsletter, we publish an article on the matter signed by Scott C. Alexander, Associate Professor of Islam and Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies at the Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, IL, USA).
From Doha and Abu Dabi an articulated report by Luca Fiore, a journalist at Il Giornale del Popolo di Lugano, who found out, during a visit to the local catholic communities, their extraordinarily vivacious sense of affiliation, despite the hostile context.
On Kosovo an analysis by Aldo Ferrari, Professor of Armenian language and literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, hopeful that from an independent Pritina a clarion call may come for new solutions to other ethno-territorial conflicts burning in the Caucasus and elsewhere;
From Syria comes Bogos Levi Zekyan's report, Professor of armenian language and literature at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice, on the 5th Meeting of the Joint Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Churches, which was held in Damascus;
In a year in which the United States is going through a lively election process, centred on hot issues that touch the economic as well as social and cultural life of the country, how American Muslims and their communities are perceived is a question in quest for an answer. For some the latter is easy, a wave of Islamophobia is sweeping across the country; for others the problem is less serious than some might think. In this newsletter, we publish an article on the matter signed by Scott C. Alexander, Associate Professor of Islam and Director of Catholic-Muslim Studies at the Catholic Theological Union (Chicago, IL, USA).
