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