June 6, 2013 After success with his first novel, Pasquale Nuccio Franco goes back to the library this time with another book. “Salam, Islam” is a travel through the Muslim community, through a number of interviews and articles that have given life to an understanding of spiritual matters, politics and social issues of a…
“Believers know that ‘man does not live by bread alone’, they are aware that they have to make a specific contribution in their daily lives and that they must do so together, not as competitors, but as pilgrims of the truth.” Cardinal Jean Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue explained, speaking…
April 12, 2013 The journal Oasis will focus on the role of religion in democracy. Oasis is an international multilingual journal and published by the Oasis Foundation. The inaugural volume focuses on the Arab Spring and is entitled “Transition through whom? Religions and the test of democracy. ” The volume will be discussed on Saturday,…
Since its launch in 2006, al-Jazeera TV’s English-language news channel has racked up prestigious journalism awards for its reporting on international issues, including the Arab Spring uprisings. The problem: Hardly anyone sees al-Jazeera English (AJE) because few cable TV operators carry it. On Wednesday, al-Jazeera’s owner — the emir of the oil- and natural gas-rich…
By Tariq Ramadan DURING a recent visit to the United States, I was asked by intellectuals and journalists: Were we misled, during the Arab awakening, into thinking that Muslims could actually embrace democratic ideals? The short answer is no. Participants in the recent violent demonstrations over an Islamophobic video were a tiny minority. Their violence…
