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Sermon given by Imam Gamal Fouda of the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch

It is one week since the deadly attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Imam Gamal Fouda of the Al Noor mosque gave this sermon during Friday prayers held in Hagley Park.

Bethlehem’s residents light up Christmas tree with little comfort or joy

From terror to triumph: a young Rohingya woman's journey to the impossible

Inspired by the heroic stories of Malala and Helen Keller, Formin Akter, a young Rohingya woman who fled Rakhine State with her family in 2017, kept her dream of university alive. Now a freshman at the Asian University for Women in southern Bangladesh, she hopes to be an inspiration to others.

Egypt's silent killer: Bad food

Zero tolerance: Islamist intolerance on the rise in Bangladesh

Shady Lewis Botros: "What's it like to be a Christian in Egypt?"

Shady Lewis Botros' recently published novel – "Ways of the Lord" – is a rare example of an Egyptian work of fiction whose primary characters are Christian. Beyond entrenched discrimination, the Arabic-language novel explores what the author says is the victimisation of Egypt's Christians by a "politically engineered harmony" between the state and their own church, seeking to control their lives.

Sudan uprising: We’re on the verge of history, even as the world looks away

After 30 years in office, President Omar al-Bashir’s vicious days in charge of Sudan are numbered.

Qatar′s new National Museum – a rose in the desert

SADA debate: Four years of war in Yemen

Five experts look at the fractured Saudi-led war in Yemen and explain its grave impact on the country’s people and institutions.

Simply making German simpler

The German language should be simplified and made more accessible to all. Then integration would also work, says Abbas Khider. His proposals sound strange at first, but they are not. A book for grammar lovers. By Swantje Schutz