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'Burkini' about inclusion not division in Australia

Part bikini, part all-covering burka, the burkini swimsuit has sparked huge controversy in France, but in Australia where beach culture is a national obsession, it's seen as a symbol of inclusion, says its designer Aheda Zanetti.

Islam and religious freedom: Coercion leads to hypocrisy

Atheists are less open-minded than religious people, study claims

Researchers at the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium suggest religious believers "seem to better perceive and integrate diverging perspectives".

Lajpat Nagar, Delhi's "Little Kabul"

Dumping the Iran deal: "Be careful what you wish for"

Donald Trump′s de-certification of the JCPOA agreement with Iran may well spur regime change. But it could well backfire, meaning the end for either his own or Netanyahu′s, writes Bradley Burston

Iraq: Religious authority and the politics of Islamic endowments

Shia and Sunni endowments have gone different ways since Saddam Hussein's fall, and the Iraqi state is poised to take advantage where it can, writes Harith Hasan for Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

″Cultural identity is not absolute″

"Made in Germany" is a label that sells. But when it comes to people, how German is Germany today? Croatian-German author Jagoda Marinic explains why identity is fluid – and the far-right so dangerous. Interview by Srecko Matic

Re-educating the Uighurs in Xinjiang

'India for the Hindus'

Indigenous, Mexican and Muslim