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For Palestinians, America was never an honest broker

The Trump administration’s policies don’t represent a radical shift. The White House has simply abandoned the facade of neutrality and rubber-stamped the Israeli government’s agenda, says Dalia Hatuqa

Fragile Peace Teetering on the Brink

Tajikistan is facing economic collapse. While the powers that be are still mourning the passing of the Soviet Union, the Islamist resistance in the Fergana Valley continues to grow. Tobias Asmuth reports

Taking chances for change

Founded by lead singer Yvette Saatchi Perez, Mitra Sumara aims to present positive aspects of Iranian culture to the West. While the American government might be making attempts to vilify Iran as a country, the band are doing their best to enlighten people about this country's unique music heritage. By Richard Marcus

China's crackdown on Uighurs

Preventing a spillover of the Iran-Israel conflict in Syria

Israel’s containment policy vis-à-vis Iran in Syria has entered a new phase of direct confrontation aimed at achieving a decisive outcome on the ground. Gil Murciano of The German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) offers an analysis

"Isfahan is half the world!"

Mesut Özil's retirement from international football

Artists highlight Europe's failed refugee policy

Keynote address by Ussama Makdisi

With Full Support of the Sharia Council

In societies where sex before marriage is absolutely taboo, information campaigns about HIV/AIDS are difficult to handle – like in Indonesia, for example. But with the help of Muslim clerics, campaigns can address the issues in a sensitive way, as Vidi-Athena Legowo reports from Aceh