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Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi is failing to stop military violence against Rohingya Muslims

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Myanmarʹs Aung San Suu Kyi and Hungaryʹs Viktor Orban have discussed their mutual fear of Muslims. In doing so, the Burmese leader has again showed she has lost the moral standing she once enjoyed, says Verena Holzl

French mayor reignites burkini row

Burkinis have been a long-standing catalyst for dispute in France, calling societal attitudes towards Islam and feminism into question. Rule changes in Grenoble suggest opposition to the garment could be receding, writes Joanna York

Yemen: Aid organisations running out of money

Celebrating Ramadan at a German-Turkish School

The end of Ramadan is celebrated with a sugar festival called Sheker Byram. Stephanie Duckstein talked to students at Aziz-Nesin, Berlin's German-Turkish School, where about half of the students are Turkish Muslims.

Sensitive portrait of a tragic story

A film about the fate of a gay professor at India's renowned Aligarh University highlights the country's difficult relationship with homosexuality. Marian Brehmer watched the drama

A New Beginning or a Return to Confrontation?

The recent elections in Bangladesh have seen the third largest Muslim majority country in the world return to democracy. The secularly orientated Awami League won a landslide victory and both popular parties have signalled their readiness to compromise. The political situation remains delicate however. Jasmin Lorch reports from Dhaka

Rival Leaders Draw Closer

Following her landslide victory in the recent elections, the Awami League's Sheikh Hasina offered an olive branch to her arch-rival Khaleda Zia from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in a bid to create a positive political environment in the troubled country. Anne Thomas and Disha Uppal report

Litmus Test for Democracy

The transitional government in Bangladesh, in office since January this year, has put off parliamentary elections until next year. By then it aims to have rooted out the country's widespread corruption. Sonja Ernst reports

The Fraying of Democracy

Bangladesh is increasingly torn: between economic progress and insecurity, law and impunity, Islamism and secular politics, violence and democracy. Portrait of a troubled country approaching its next major electoral test.