Oasis n. 26, Muslims, Faith and Freedom

Why this is the real issue for the future. More than terrorism

FOCUS
Jesus in the Qur’an and the Third Way between Extremism and Secularism • Mustafa Akyol
God’s Rights vs Human Rights: Islam under Strain • Omero Marongiu-Perria
Muslims and Free Will • Maria De Cillis
Intellectual Freedom and the Study of the Qur’an • Emran El-Badawi
The Paradox of Islamist Democracy • Michele Brignone
Tunisia: between Freedom of Conscience and Protection of the Sacred • Mohamed-Chérif Ferjani
The Eastern Christians’ Role in the Creation of a New Social Space • Salim Daccache s.j.
Islamic Monotheism and the Struggle of Opposites • Muhammad Jābir al-Ansārī

CLASSICS
When Islam Discusses Freedom • Martino Diez
The Caliph and the Ascetic • Hasan al-Basrī
God’s Foreknowledge Does Not Constrain Human Action • Theodore Abū Qurrah
Despotism, or the Corruption of the Prophet’s Ideals • ‘Abd al-Rahmān al-Kawākibī

REPORTAGE
Tunisia: “We Want to Be Free, But Don’t Call Us an Exception” • Rolla Scolari

REVIEWS
“Neither Liberal nor Fundamentalist” • Michele Brignone
The Crisis of the Sunni Compromise • Martino Diez
The Springs of Nonviolence • Andrea Pin
Between ISIS and the Aga Khan: Islam’s Political Theology • Chiara Pellegrino
Women Looking for Trouble (and Freedom) • Emma Neri