The relationship between fundamental human rights and the development of democracies
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LEADER
In the Sphere of Shared Citizenship, Antonios Naguib
CURRENT ISSUES
Shared Commitment, Distant Identities, Christian van Nispen
The Decline of the Minimum Common Denominator, Francesco Botturi
The West: the Unresolved Saga of Freedom, Vittorio Emanuele Parsi
The Difficult and Possible Democracy, John L. Esposito
The Three Pretexts for Saying No, Muhammad Nur Farahat
Between God and His Servant there is the shari’ah, Saif El-Din ‘Abdel Fattah
The Time of Medina will Never Come Back, Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na‘im
The Injustice that is Born of the Best Intentions, Nikolaus Lobkowicz
The ‘Fourth Wave’, or the Wave of Insatiability, Francesco Follo
Freedom or Security: the False Alternative, Cesare Mirabelli
Power and Minorities: the System of the Millet, Boghos Levon Zekiyan
DOCUMENTS
Rights, Power, and Human Community
The ‘Necessary Condition for Religious Freedom (for individuals and for the community), Benedict XVI
To Violate Fundamental Rights is a Form of War, John Paul II
The Mystery of all Mysteries and the Ethical Life of the Community, Romano Guardini
REPORTAGE
The Sudan: Working Feverishly in a Suspended Present, Maria Laura Conte
CONTRIBUTIONS
If the Enlightenment separates faith from reason, Samir Khalil Samir
On Islamic Reason and Political Authority, Julia Bray
Those Medieval Disputations that Invoked Aristotle, Ida Zilio-Grandi
Being a Thousand amongst Twenty Million, Paul Hinder
Palestine: an X-Ray of ‘de-development’, Fouad Twal
A Constitution with Two Faces, Andrea Pin
Realities and Strange Things in Chinese Islam, Bernardo Cervellera
Armies of Thought Surround the White House, Marco Bardazzi
When to Mediate is to Point to the Common Good, Donatella Bramanti
To Migrate: an Event that has a Family Dimension, Camillo Regalia
REVIEWS
Fake Biologist, Theological Genius, Nikolaus Lobkowicz
Those Crucial Questions Translated into Arabic, Nagi Edelby
Everything is Political, above all Love, Giovanni Salmeri
Each One of Us is Made up of Many Others, Paolo Terenzi
The Umma has an Asian Majority, Paolo Branca
That Angry and Ignored Wind, Marco Bardazzi
The Enlightenment Reasons with Islam, Henri Hude
Intermediaries Between Enemy Worlds, Jean-Paul Durand
From the Forests of the Mayas to Cold Russia, the Request for a New Beginning Appears, Emma Neri
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE
Treasures of the East, Elzbieta Jastrzebowska
COLOPHON
A BIANNUAL MAGAZINE OF THE OASIS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTRE
ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE STUDIUM GENERALE MARCIANUM
YEAR III, NUMBER 5, MARCH 2007
Editor Roberto Fontolan
Coordinator Gabriel Richi Alberti
Managing Editor Martino Diez
Editorial Consultants Marco Bardazzi Camille Eid
Graphic Design Anna Wawrzyniak
Layout Anna Wawrzyniak Alessandro Bellucci [arabic and urdu]
Organisation Patrizia Cacciari Teresa Scantamburlo French translation Danielle Ballay Lunghetti
English translation Matthew Fforde
Arabic translation Jamil Ghobril
Urdu translation Mobeen Shahid
Distribution David Cantagalli e Associati Editori
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