Oasis n. 27, Sunni Islam: Malaise and Renewal

The Quest for a New Religious Identity, Navigating Extremism, Internal Conflicts and Political Pressures LEADER Updating, Rediscovering, Reinventing: The Three Options for Sunnism - Martino Diez FOCUS Sunni Authority’s Legitimate Plurality - Sohaira Z. M. Siddiqui Sailing in Stormy Waters. Ulama and Revolutions - Jakob Skovgaard-Petersen Salafism’s Many Faces - Ahmad Wagih The Brothers: Gnostic Reformers of Islam - Tewfik Aclimandos Saudi Arabia will Remain Wahhabi - Nabil Mouline The Middle East in the Time of the Great Sorting-Out - Joshua Landis Does an Iraqi “Sunnistan” Really Exist? - Ibrahim al-Marashi Lebanon’s Response to Religious Violence - Salim Daccache s.j. CLASSICS Between Reason and Text - Martino Diez When Disagreement is a Blessing - Excerpts from Shah Wali Allah REPORTAGE Moroccan Islam: Work in Progress - Michele Brignone REVIEWS The New Saudi Arabia Under Scrutiny - Chiara Pellegrino Where the Weakness of the Islamist Projects Lies - Michele Brignone Afghanistan, the Impossible War - Claudio Fontana The Other Who Transforms You - Riccardo Paredi No Woman, no Drive - Emma Neri