The witness of martyrdom that the Christians of this troubled Iraq are offering represents a powerful call for all our Churches. It is a peremptory invitation to all Christians to follow Jesus Christ, our Easter, with decisiveness
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LEADER
Exposed to the Gaze and the Questions of the Other, Jean-Louis Tauran
CURRENT ISSUES
Christianity and the Need for Witnesses, Javier Prades
The Divine Testament Offered to Human Freedom, Ignacio Carbajosa
If Communicating is a Question of Truth, Paolo Martinelli
Existence as a Text, Giovanni Salmeri
Faithfulness to Oneself is responding ‘Here I am!’, Franco Riva
The Profession of Faith According to the Koran, Michel Cuypers
The Centrality of Martyrdom in Contemporary Islam, Samir Khalil Samir
The Tiredness of a Believing People, Habib Malik
Following Christ, in Iraq as well, Shlemon Warduni
The Impetus Provided by the Second Vatican Council, Paolo Terenzi
DOCUMENTS
The Door of Access to the Mystery that is in front of our Very Eyes
Thanks to Jesus the Elsewhere is Here, Jean-Louis Leuba
Faith, an Always New Act, Jospeh Ratzinger
Mission According to St. Francis, Paul Hinder
ENCOUNTERS
In the Heart of the Mediterranean the Island of Wounded Beauty, Roberto Fontolan
REPORTAGE
That Corner of Iraq in Detroit, Marco Bardazzi and Camille Eid
CONTRIBUTIONS
The ‘Manifesto’ of Wise Islam. Structure, Language, Surprises and Doubts, Maurice Borrmans
From the Message of Amman to the Theology of Dual Love, Sohail Nakhooda
The Substance and Appearance of ‘What Unites Us’, Stratford Caldecott
Exploring Human Interiority, Giuseppe Scattolin
Faith and Freedom. The Conflict of Interpretations, Ida Zilio-Grandi
Three Natures and a Plurality of Cultures, Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
Jean-Mohammed: the Franciscan who Came from Islam, Jean-Jacques Pérennès
REVIEWS
Girard the ‘Disturber’ Goes to War, Henri Hude
The Church Wrestling with Dark Times, Antonio Colombo
The Dossier on Religions Examined by Brussels, Maurice Borrmans
When Europe Wants to Make Justice be Done, Luca Antonini
Iraq: Who put the Christians in a Trap?, Giorgio Paolucci
What Man Cares About, Paolo Terenzi
Citizenship: an Idea to be Constructed, Paolo Gomarasca
Why we Cannot Say that we are not Religious, Paolo Terenzi
Love Tenaciously Resists in a Story Without Hope, Emma Neri
THE PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE
The Treasures of Islam on the Silk Route, Giovanni Curatola
COLOPHON
A BIANNUAL MAGAZINE OF THE OASIS INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND RESEARCH CENTRE
ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE STUDIUM GENERALE MARCIANUM
YEAR 4, NUMBER 7, MAI 2008
Editor Roberto Fontolan
Coordinator Gabriel Richi Alberti
Managing Editor Martino Diez
Editorial Consultants Marco Bardazzi Camille Eid
Graphic Design Anna Wawrzyniak
Layout Anna Wawrzyniak Alessandro Bellucci [arabic and urdu]
Organisation Patrizia Cacciari Teresa Scantaburlo
French translation Danielle Ballay Lunghetti
English translation Matthew Fforde
Arabic translation Jamil Ghobril [into arabic]
Urdu translation Mobeen Shahid
Distribution David Cantagalli e Associati Editori
Registration Tribunal of Venice n.1498 of 12/10th/2004
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