The laborious process through which Christianity has, amidst a thousand contradictions, taken its leave of the logic of sacred violence, might be beginning to reverberate in other religious cultures
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LEADING ARTICLE
The Humble Attempt to Construct Peace, Angelo Scola
A Temptation and a Hypothesis, Martino Diez
FOCUS
The Christian ‘No’ to Religious Violence: a Kairos for All Men?, Javier Prades López
From Witch-hunts to The Crucified Christ, Bernard Perret
The ‘Mad’ Vocation of Christians in the Muslim World, Jean-Jacques Pérennès OP
Sunni Jihad: from a Defensive Obligation to an Instrument of Expansion, Asma Afsaruddin
Shi‘ite Jihad: A Ceasefire until the Imam’s Return, Mathieu Terrier
The Diabolical Appeal of ISIS, Ridwan al-Sayyid
Boko Haram and Innocent Blood: Who is to Blame?, Matthew Hassan Kukah
The Shifting Fortunes of Jihad in Sahel, Alex Thurston
The Copts and the Exit from the Communalist Ghetto, Christian Cannuyer
Indian Secularity against Fundamentalism, George Alencherry
The Dream of a Gandhian Islam, Ramin Jahanbegloo
Waging War after 1989, Henri Hude
DOCUMENTS
Humility Against Chaos, Francesca Peruzzotti
War is madness, H.H. Pope Francis
To kill in the name of God: a sacrilege!, H.H. Pope Francis
Power as Obedience, Romano Guardini
Jihad Explained by the Muslims, Martino Diez
ENCOUNTERS
Foreign Policy in the Era of Isis and WikiLeaks, Lapo Pistelli
REPORTAGE
On the Empire’s Periphery: the ‘Good’ in Albania, Maria Laura Conte
CONTRIBUTIONS
The Balkans: the Columns of Hercules of Democratic Culture?, Andrea Pin
The Forgotten Genocide of the Syriac Christians, Paolo Maggiolini
The Platform of Lebanese Studies, Amin Elias
REVIEWS
Going Through Hybridization, Claudio Fontana
There is no Temptation without Gifts, Jean Duchesne
Religious Repertoires and Political Practice, Michele Brignone
Hadîths: A Key for Reading Today’s Islam, Chiara Pellegrino
Three directions to explore the Quran, Martino Diez
Muslim Publishers Scrutinized, Ines Peta
The Attraction of Evil. Which Does not Have the Last Word, Ivan Maffeis
ART AND HISTORY
The Christian-Muslim Symbiosis of Mosul Now Coming to an End, Amir Harrak
COLOPHON
Biannual Journal of the Oasis International Foundation
Year 10°, Number 19, June 2014
Editor-in-chief Maria Laura Conte
Scientific Editor Martino Diez
Managing Editor Michele Brignone
Editorial staff Chiara Pellegrino Francesca Miglio
Editorial Consultants Rifaat Bader Marco Bardazzi Bernardo Cervellera Roberto Donadoni Camille Eid Rafic Greiche Claudio Lurati
Graphic Design Anna Wawrzyniak Maoloni
Layout Anna Wawrzyniak Maoloni Alessandro Bellucci [Arabic and Urdu]
French translation Viviane Dudaut Ceccarelli Claire Perfumo
English translation Catharine De Rienzo Matthew Fforde
Arabic translation François Eid
Urdu translation Mobeen Shahid
Registration Tribunal of Venice No.1498 of 12/10/2004
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