Religion and Society

It is Time to Leave Behind the Conflict Between Westernism and Islamism

The twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coincided with the West’s failure in Afghanistan, which is cultural even more than it is political or military. The two events call for a serious reflection on the relationship between the West and the Muslim world
Religion and Society

A Paradoxical Tale: Reading the Transformation of Erdoğan’s Turkey Through the Lens of Religion

State identity and societal identity are diverging in Turkey: while religion is more and more used by politics in all areas, the younger generations have begun to distance themselves from Islam. A development that offers clues about the future of the country
Reasons For Our Hope

The problem of tahrif (falsification)

The Bible and the Qur’an work with different presuppositions. At times they agree, at times they disagree, often, they neither agree nor disagree. They have their own logic. But the idea of a wholesome alteration of the Biblical texts, looks like a conspiracy-theory. Discover why in the sixth episode of Reasons for Our Hope
Islam

The Taliban Emirate Galvanizes Islamists

Celebrations at the International Union of Muslim Scholars in Doha, invitations for tolerance in Abu Dhabi, no comment from al-Azhar. The Islamic institutions’ reactions to the new course of events in Afghanistan
Islam

Against Extremism, the Middle Path of Moderation

Twenty years after 11 September: a conversation with Afghan professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali, an influential scholar of Islamic law
Christians in the Muslim World

Southern Arabia, a Church of People and Peoples

Interview with Mons. Paolo Martinelli, new Apostolic Vicar for Southern Arabia
Middle East and Africa

A forgotten Fairuz, an open question

Inspired by the Six Day War, this 1968 song is technically unreleased but painfully relevant. A gem by the Lebanese diva rediscovered, thanks to the tenacity of her fans and a sound engineer

Journal

Unfinished Revolutions
The unresolved equation of the Arab world. The table of contents of Oasis no. 31

Unfinished Revolutions
Women’s Islam

Women’s Islam

Female Theologians, Activists and Political Leaders: The Voice of Muslim Women. The table of contents of Oasis no. 30
Learning Islam

Learning Islam

The jihadist threat has refocused attention on the content of religious teaching. How and where Muslims are trained
Muslims of Europe: Between the Local and the Global

Muslims of Europe: Between the Local and the Global

Western Islam is run through with transnational trends and pressure from states
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Books we have read
A Theological Response to the Fanatic Within Us

In his book on fanaticism, Adrien Candiard claims that it is not an excess of God that produces the worst aberrations, rather it is his absence
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Jesus in Islam. A third way between extremism and secularism

Mustafa Akyol and Cardinal Angelo Scola engage in conversation about the book The Islamic Jesus
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