Arches Quarterly: Vol 3 Edition 4

Arches Quarterly: Vol 3 Edition 4

A quarterly journal providing deeper and nuanced analysis of the issues and developments in the arena of dialogue, civilizations, and a rapprochement between Islam and the West

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In this issue, Arches Quarterly re-examines from theological and practical grounds, the important debate about the relationship and compatibility between Islam and Democracy, as echoed in Barack Obama’s agenda of hope and change
Concerns about British and EU Roles in the Occupied West Bank

Concerns about British and EU Roles in the Occupied West Bank

Throughout the past decade the European Union (EU) and Britain have
invested hundreds of millions of Euros and pounds respectively to
support the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the Israeli Occupied West
Bank and Gaza Strip. Much of these funds have been used to rebuild the PA security apparatus. Recent campaigns of arrests, detentions, torture and extra-judicial killings of political activists raise questions about the role of international actors including the Quartet Envoy Tony Blair, the EU
Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) and the
UK based Libra Advisory Group. The current abuses bear the hallmarks of the atrocities committed in Iraq during the early years of the occupation.

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Arches Quarterly: Vol 2 Edition 3

Arches Quarterly: Vol 2 Edition 3

A quarterly journal providing deeper and nuanced analysis of the issues and developments in the arena of dialogue, civilizations, and a rapprochement between Islam and the West.

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In this issue of Arches Quarterly, we examine the role of religion and the ascendancy of religosity in today’s secular societies.

Arches Quarterly: Vol 2 Edition 1

Arches Quarterly: Vol 2 Edition 1

A quarterly journal providing deeper and nuanced analysis of the issues and developments in the arena of dialogue, civilizations, and a rapprochement between Islam and the West

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This edition aims to further promote positive and open debate and to
challenge conventional thinking by exploring European East-West relations and the issues emanating from contacts between the various cultures. Despite reaping the benefits of a mutually nourishing relationship for centuries, tensions and suspicions of Islam continue to abound in the West today.