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