Newsletter N. 3 - March 2008

Editor: Maria Laura Conte

 

 

Oasis near to Iraq
Oasis expresses its sorrow and solidarity with the Christian community of Iraq once again stricken by the tragic slaying of H. E. Mgr. Rahho, Archbishop of Mosul. Such terrible acts of violence concern each one of us and require from us a continuous attention regarding those Christians who live in countries exposed to wars, violence and lack of liberty, requesting from all a greater implication in the mutual knowledge and sustain.

Forefront
Africa's Enigmatic Islam

In this issue, H.E. Card. Peter Turkson, Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana and chairman of the West-Africa Episcopal Conference, talks about the enigmatic face of Islam in his country in the wider context of an African continent still largely too much unknown to most of the West.
 


Correspondence

Fr Paolo Nicelli, PIME missionary and expert on Islam in Asia, reports the latest news about Malaysia and its so-called "moderation.";

From Indonesia Greg Soetomo, editor of the Javanese Catholic weekly Hid Up, looks at the daily life and challenges faced by a native-born bishop, H. E. Mgr Julianus Sunarka, well-respected witness also among the predominant Muslim community.

Journalist Filippo Landi writes from Jerusalem, provoking us to enlarge the understanding on the Holy Land's wounds, past and present;

Still from the Middle-East, H.E. Mgr Elias Chacour, Melkite archbishop of Akka, explains why no future is possible without radically confronting the educational crisis that is affecting children.

Books Reviews

Francesco Zannini, L'islam nel cuore dell'Asia (Islam in the heart of Asia), Ed. Lavoro, 2007

 By Edouardo Castagna

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Alfred-Louis de Prémare, Les Fondations de l'Islam. Entre écriture et histoire (Islam's Foundations. Between scripture and history), Seuil, Paris 2002 

By Martino Diez