Oasis n. 25, Who Speaks for Muslims? (ed. inglese)

Oasis n. 25, Who Speaks for Muslims? (ed. inglese)

1° ed.
978-88-317-2880-5

The West is looking for a single interlocutor, but authority in Islam is decentralized.

LEADER
- In Search of a Leader, Martino Diez
FOCUS
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The Qur’an as a Political Programme, Asma Afsaruddin
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How the Shi‘ite Clergy Entered Politics, Rainer Brunner
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The Sufis’ Soft Power, Rainer Brunner
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Fatwas as a Weapon against Fanaticism, Ridwan al-Sayyid
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Does al-Azhar Speak for All Sunnis?, Michele Brignone
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The Unpublished Text on Islam’s Reform, Salah Fadl
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Saudi Ulama, Guardians of Change, Raihan Ismail
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Muslim Authority Meets Europe. And Changes, Abdessamad Belhaj
CLASSIC
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The Twelve “Keepers” of the Qur’an, Martino Diez
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The Imam as Divine Proof, Testi da al-Kulaynī
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Theology-Fiction: Prophesying the Umma to Come, Martino Diez
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The Erosion of Sharia, passages from al-Juwaynī
DOCUMENTS

“Unmasking the Peddlers of Illusions about the Afterlife”
Excerpts from Pope Francis’ speeches in Cairo.
REPORTAGE
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Wanted: a German Islam, Rolla Scolari
REVIEWS
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The Caliphate’s Metamorphosis, Chiara Pellegrino
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The ‘Alawis’ Forgotten Past, Martino Diez
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Salafism: the History of a Misunderstanding, Rocio Daga Portillo
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If Global Doesn’t Rhyme with Universal, Michele Brignone
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The Third Way of the Qur’anic Jesus, Rolla Scolari
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If a Comedy Explains More than a Theological Conference Does, Emma Neri