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LEADER
In Search of a Leader, Martino Diez
FOCUS
The Qur’an as a Political Programme, Asma Afsaruddin
How the Shi‘ite Clergy Entered Politics, Rainer Brunner
The Sufis’ Soft Power, Souad al-Hakim
Fatwas as a Weapon against Fanaticism, Ridwan Al-Sayyid
Does al-Azhar Speak for All Sunnis?, Michele Brignone
The Unpublished Text on Islam’s Reform, Salah Fadl
Saudi Ulama, Guardians of Change, Raihan Ismail
Muslim Authority meets Europe. And Changes, Abdessamad Belhaj
CLASSICS
The Twelve “Keepers” of the Qur’an, Martino Diez
The Imam as Divine Proof, Passages from al-Kulaynī
Theology-Fiction: Prophesying the Umma to Come, Martino Diez
The Erosion of Sharia, Passages by al-Juwaynī
DOCUMENTS
“Unmasking the Peddlers of Illusions about the Afterlife”, Pope Francis
REPORTAGE
Wanted: a German Islam, Rolla Scolari
BOOK REVIEWS
The Caliphate’s Metamorphosis, Chiara Pellegrino
The ‘Alawis’ Forgotten Past, Martino Diez
Salafism: the History of a Misunderstanding, Rocio Daga Portillo
If Global Doesn’t Rhyme with Universal, Michele Brignone
The Third Way of the Qur’anic Jesus, Rolla Scolari
If a Comedy Explains More than a Theological Conference Does, Emma Neri
COLOPHON
Year 13 No. 25 September 2017
Editor-in-chief
Rolla Scolari
Scientific Editor
Martino Diez
Managing Editor
Michele Brignone
Editorial staff
Chiara Pellegrino
Editorial Consultants
Rifaat Bader - Marco Bardazzi - Bernardo Cervellera - Camille Eid - Rafic Greiche - Claudio Lurati
Graphic Design and Layout
Massimiliano Frangi
English translation
Catharine de Rienzo - Costanza Raimondi
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