Juniper Publishers Journal of Archaeology and Anthropology

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers Introduction Sicily is located in the south of Italy, in the central Mediterranean area (Figure 1). The history of Isle, is the result of a long and a complex process that has been going on for quite a while; a place of ancient and several relationships, which has made it the centre of attraction of the population, defining an ancient landscape that was to be very different from the actual image with few towns, especially located on the coast of the isle.The area of central Sicily is the natural geographical center of the Island; it is crossed by a connected road network between Eastern Sicily and the Tyrrhenian Coast, and the inland areas that in the Roman Age were constituted by the important highway Via Valeria, mentioned in the Itinerarium Antonini[1] (Figure 2). Since ancient times, the presence of different geomorphologic characteristics and environmental factors, has obviously influenced the poleographic...

Archaeology & Anthropology -  Juniper Publishers Introduction AlQaradawi’s Response to the Pope’s Critique of Islam -Wasaṭiyya as Islamic PR Various Muslim Scholars, not least Egyptian Sheikh Yusuf alQaradawi, raised some claims in rebuttal to Pope Benedict XVI’s September, 2006 address in Germany. Ideological light of the wasatiyya or Centrist school of thought, alQaradawi sees himself as ideological heir to Hassan alBanna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, in which alQaradawi was formerly a member. The Pope had quoted seventh century Byzantine Emperor Manuel II, who said: “Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and in human, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.” AlQaradawi’s response to the Pope is part of a broad-spectrum effort to cultivate a Centrist Islamic discourse in an Age of Globalization, as AlQaradawi writes “Our Islamic Discourse in The Age of Globalization....