After the uprisings the sharia question exploded, with a spectrum of opinion ranging from those who claim that it should be a code to be observed normatively to those who invoke it as a set of ethical values
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EDITORIAL
The Shared Good that Precedes the Constitution, Francesco Botturi
FOCUS
The Same Challenge for the Two Shores of the Mediterranean, Silvio Ferrari
But which Sharia do Arab Citizens Ask for?, Bernard Botiveau
Islamic Law: Law and Ethics, Mohyddin Yahia
Between Religion and Politics, the Trials of Democracy, Taïeb Zahar
On the Waters of the Nile Playing it by Ear, Nathalie Bernard-Maugiron
Substantive and Conservative Reforms, Baudouin Dupret, Jean-Noël Ferrié and Kenza Omary
The Ottoman Roots of Turkish Secularity, Osman Taştan
When the Rabbi and the State Reach an Agreement, Michael J. Broyde, Enbar Toledano
The Salvation of Souls: the Supreme Law, Brian E. Ferme
DOCUMENTS
In Search of the Truth of Law, H.H. Pope Benedict XVI
Love of the Good, the Ultimate Aim of the Law of God, Thomas Aquinas
So Just as to Be Unjust, Muhammad Kâmil Husayn
ENCOUNTERS
‘Democracy Will Choose the Good Understanding of the Qur’an’, Rashid Al-Ghannouchi
REPORTS
A Point of No Return, Maria Laura Conte
CONTRIBUTIONS
From Regensburg to Amman and Beyond, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran
‘He Neither Sleeps nor Slumbers…’, Michel Cuypers p.f.j.
Alawites, from Separatists to Masters, Amin Elias
The Generation of Mestizo Children, Giovanna Rossi
REVIEWS
Sharia With or Without Islam?, Martino Diez
For an Islamic Renewal, Maurice Borrmans
Maghreb, the Inevitable Democratisation, Michele Brignone
The Different Faces of Saudi Islamism, Chiara Pellegrino
Beyond the Ditch of Ignorance, Paolo Branca
When the Sun Rises in the West, Martino Diez
Outside the Chains of the Law, the Irrepressible Experience, Emma Neri
PHOTO REPORT
The Courageous Option, if the Will to Live Prevails, Abdelmajid Charfi
COLOPHON
Biannual Journal Of The Oasis International Foundation
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Year 8°, Number 15, June 2012
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