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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

The Need for Equal Footing

Islamist movements across the board are speaking out in favour of involving women more strongly in politics and the working world. Yet women remain marginalised. The Kuwaiti author Ahmad Chehab is still waiting for signs of change in the role of women in modern Islamism

Kuwait's Shifting Tides

The arrival of women on Kuwait's political stage is matched in significance by the quiet rise of Islamists.

It's Not Just Conservative Islamists versus Liberal Reformers

The dissolution of Kuwait's parliament and the calling of early elections reflect developing social and economic fissures in the Gulf emirate.

Taking Hate out of School Textbooks

As an answer to the charge that Kuwait is home to Islamic terrorists, the government wants to revise questionable concepts in school textbooks - against fundamentalist opposition. Lina Hoffman reports

First aid, but little hope in Sudan

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.