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Islam in Germany

A poor second

Germany is a secular country, but the German legal framework approves of institutionalised religions in a biased way. The religions must organise themselves according to state standards and those standards are tailored toward the structures of the Christian religion. A commentary by Alexander Goerlach
Obituary Hrant Dink

A Voice of Moderation and Humanity

Following the assassination of Hrant Dink, one of the most prominent voices of Turkey's shrinking Armenian community, the country is still in a state of shock. Dorian Jones, Istanbul, remembers of the courageous editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly "Agos"
Turkish Media Comment on the Murder of Hrant Dink

"The Hostile Bullet Backfired"

Although Hrant Dink had been taken to court over his statements on the genocide against the Armenians and had been attacked by the main Turkish media as a "traitor," it was now the same media which used his murder to invoke a new national unity. Antje Bauer reports
The Afghan Pashto Poet Rahman Baba

Philosopher and Poet of the Heart

Suspected radical Taliban have attacked a shrine to the memory of Rahman Baba, the best known and best loved Sufi poet in Afghanistan. Rochsana Soraya spoke to the Afghan journalist and literary critic Mohammad Zarin Anzor about the poet's life and work
Jawdat Said

Islam as a Violence-Free Religion

Philosopher Jawdat Said, little known in the West, has been propagating a vision of Islam free of violence for the past 40 years. His books have been widely read and discussed by Islamic activists in the Arab world. A profile by Bashar Humeid
Portrait Muhammad Habash

A Turkish Model for Syria

The parliamentarian Muhammad Habash is considered the most popular representative of moderate political Islam in Syria. Kristin Helberg met him at his private Islam institute
Tahar Ben Jelloun

"The Fruits of Anger"

Moroccan-French author and intellectual Tahar Ben Jelloun depicts "The Fruits of Anger". According to Georg Patzer, his novel is an enraged, escalating, often politically incendiary monologue about migrant life in France
Tunisia

Religion's Political Role Expands

Many in Tunisia fear that religious radicals are gaining too much influence over the country's political discourse. The governing Ennahda party, however, has to find a way to appeal to both secularists and Islamists. Katharina Pfannkuch reports from Tunis
Bloggers in the Arab World

Playing with Fire

In the Arab world, as elsewhere, the Internet opens up new freedoms and opportunities for democracy. However, it also gives rise to opposition from the authorities. Anyone active on the Internet lives dangerously. By Amira al-Ahl
Satellite Channels Targeted

Arab Freedoms Desert the Screen

The Arab ruling elites like to talk a good democracy – but talk is about as far as they get. Rather than advancing the cause of democracy their actions have been directed towards curtailing the newly won freedoms of the media. Amr Hamzawy reports on the Arab regimes' attempts to gag the media nuisance