After beheading dictators of various kinds, the main players of the Arab revolts are today going through a transition which also affects neighbouring countries and the whole of the West
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LEADING ARTICLE
Broadening not Juxtaposing: The New Step Forward for Oasis, Angelo Scola
Freedom of Conscience: The Principle of Every Citizenship, Moncef Marzouki
FOCUS
The Measure of Freedom: Freedom without Measure?, Yadh Ben Achour
Injections of Piety in an-Nahda’s Projects, Malika Zeghal
For God or for the People?, Riadh Chaibi
A New Competition in the Public Space, Ajmi Lourimi
The Pluralist Turning Point: If not Now, When?, Abdelmajid Charfi
The Iron Struggle between the Army and the Brothers, Tewfik Aclimandos
Anatolian Tigers: Both Secular and Pious, Alberto Fabio Ambrosio
The Arab Moment of Truth that Concerns Us All, Paolo Gomarasca
That Liberal Nexus between Democracy and Religion, Massimo Borghesi
The Christian City: A Bastion for All Believers, John Milbank and Adrian Papst
Subjects of the Governor of the Universe, Charles J. Chaput
DOCUMENTS
Free to Say No to Evil, H.H Pope Benedict XVI
A Healthy Secularity for the Middle East too, H.H Pope Benedict XVI
Honouring Truth to Live Together, Jacques Maritain
A Government without Religion for Religious Citizens, Muhammad Mahdî Shamseddine
MEETINGS
‘Turkey is no Longer too Big, too Poor and too Muslim’, Egemen Bağış
REPORTAGE
At the Heart of the Chemistry of Lebanon, Maria Laura Conte
CONTRIBUTIONS
Called by Destiny, not by Chance, Maroun Lahham
The Efficacy of Civic Friendship, Franz Magnis-Suseno
Wandering Around in Heaven Between Satire and Doubt, Martino Diez
REVIEWS
Towards a New Universalism of Rights, Paolo Monti
The Extra of Law, Andrea Pin
How Much Does it Cost to Amputate Freedom?, Francesca Padoan
The Islamists Taken Seriously, Michele Brignone
The Three Faces of the Bearded, Martino Diez
Dreaming of a Green Bicycle in Riyadh, Emma Neri
ART
Those Unbearable Moques, Hiba Abid
COLOPHON
Biannual Journal of the Oasis International Foundation
Studium Generale Marcianum
Year 8°, Number 16, December 2012
Editor Maria Laura Conte
Managing Editor Martino Diez
Editorial staff Michele Brignone Chiara Pellegrino Meriem Senous
Editorial Consultants Marco Bardazzi Bernardo Cervellera Angelika Diekmann Axel Diekmann Roberto Donadoni Camille Eid Claudio Lurati Dino Pistolato
Graphic Design Anna Wawrzyniak Maoloni
Layout Anna Wawrzyniak Maoloni Alessandro Bellucci [Arabic and Urdu]
French translation Martine Gilsoul Claire Perfumo
English translation Cyprian Blamires Catharine De Rienzo Matthew Fforde
Arabic translation François Eid Martino Diez [from Arabic]
Urdu translation Mobeen Shahid
Registration Tribunal of Venice No.1498 of 12/10/2004
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Scientific Committee: Tewfik Aclimandos Carl Anderson José Andrés Gallego Gianni Bernardi Francesco Botturi Rémi Brague Paolo Branca Michele Brignone Stratford Caldecott Maria Laura Conte Salim Daccache Martino Diez Jean Duchesne Jean-Paul Durand Brian E. Ferme Francesco Follo Roberto Fontolan Paolo Gomarasca Henri Hude Samir Khalil Samir Nikolaus Lobkowicz Franz Magnis-Suseno Cesare Mirabelli Ignazio Musu Andrea Pacini Jean-Jacques Pérennès Andrea Pin Javier Prades López Gabriel Richi Alberti Giovanna Rossi Olivier Roy Giovanni Salmeri Kamil William Samaan Giuseppe Scattolin Milad Sidky Zakhary Boghos Levon Zekiyan