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