Oasis n. 22, The Cross and the Black Flag

Fundamentalist violence is raging in the lands where Christianity was born. What Middle East would it be without any Christians? OASIS Year XI - n. 22 - December 2015 -- Eastern Christians: Witnesses to Faith and Creators of Culture - Martino Diez -- Three Lessons from the Martyrs - Cardinal Angelo Scola -- Arab Christians: Makers of Novelty. With Muslims’ Support - Samir Khalil Samir -- Arab Churches, Living Churches. But only if United - Pier Giorgio Gianazza -- The Church of the East: Two Thousand Years of Martyrdom and Mission - H.B. Louis Raphaël Sako -- Copts at the Crossroads a er the Islamist Takeover Bid - Christian Cannuyer -- Christians Victims of Sectarian Confl ict. And of Themselves - H.B. Béchara Boutros Raï -- Christians, First and Foremost, or Citizens? Both, Equally - Léna Gannagé -- Muslims against Christianophobia - Muhammad Sammak -- ISIS or The Preferential Option for Terror - Michele Brignone -- The Middle East in a Denominational Cage - Hamit Bozarslan -- The Vizier and the Bishop Face to Face about the Trinity - Elias of Nisibis -- Welcome to Mesopotäljie, the Middle East in Sweden - Maria Laura Conte -- Iraq’s Christians: The History of a Tempered Faith - Andrea Pacini -- Risks and Reductions in Muslim-Christian Dialogue - Ines Peta -- “God has Chosen You:” Plumbing the Jihadists’ Hearts - Maria Laura Conte -- From an Imagined East to the Real East - Chiara Pellegrino -- There is More to the Arab Mind than Just Islam - Michele Brignone -- Cinema Remains Silent if Reality Surpasses Science Fiction - Emma Neri