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Muhammad AliAn Icon of America's Counterculture
One of the world's most famous converts to Islam, Muhammad Ali continues to inspire us all at the age of 65. Robert Misik reminisces on the life of the greatest boxer of all time
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AIDS Information Campaigns in Indonesia
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
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The Only Real Muslim
The autobiography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali reveals how the Dutch politician stumbled from Islamic to Western fundamentalism. Daniel Bax has read it
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Zafer Şenocak
Translating Islam
How can Muslim societies shake off their intellectual paralysis and inject a new momentum and vitality into Islamic thought, allowing it to engage in a meaningful way with the contemporary world, asks Turkish-born writer and social critic Zafer Şenocak
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Media and Freedom of Speech in Iraq
From Dictatorship of Opinion to Polarisation
The situation for the Iraqi media changed completely after the fall of the Ba'athist regime. Iraqi journalist Ahmad al-Saadawi outlines the latest developments
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Islamic Personal Law in India
Political Mobilisations along Religious Lines?
India's personal laws are based on religious affiliation, granting special rights to the country's Muslims. Nadja-Christina Schneider discusses religious minority rights and secular modernisation on the subcontinent
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Interview with Mahsa Shekarloo
Feminist Online Magazine Challenges Stereotypes of Iranian Women
With her online magazine Badjens, Tehran-based feminist activist Mahsa Shekarloo aims to provide a platform for women in Iran. But www.badjens.com also tries to deconstruct the prevalent stereotype of Iranian women in the West.
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Youth in Iran
The Conformist Generation
Iranian youth are better educated than ever these days. But in the Islamic Republic, only those with connections to the regime have a promising future, as journalist Kambiz Tavana reports from Tehran
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Arab Human Development Report 2005
Encouraging a Non-Ideological Debate
The fourth and final scheduled Arab Human Development Report was now published; it carries the subtitle "Towards the Rise of Women in the Arab World". The report offers a historical overview of the women's movement in the Arab world, writes Sonja Hegasy
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Commentary Peter Philipp
There is no "Clash of Civilisations"
In spite of all arguments to the contrary, there is no "Clash of Civilisations." At least there is none where the civilisations live together, as they do, for example, in Europe. A commentary by Peter Philipp
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Women's Rights in Iran
Legal Counseling in Cases of Divorce and Manslaughter
According to Iranian law, women do not have the same rights as men in many cases. The Iranian women's organization RAAHI offers women legal counseling, especially in cases of divorce or murder charges. Jasmin Tiefensee visited the organization in Tehran
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Children's Non-Fiction "God is called Allah"
The Diversity of the Islamic Cultural Community
The children's non-fiction book "God is called Allah" represents an attempt to give young people an unprejudiced introduction to Islamic life. Ariana Mirza has read and reviewed the book for Qantara.de
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Syrian activist The Darvish
"Queerness is freedom and freedom is indivisible"
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Journalists in Gaza
A new generation bears witness
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Prostitution in Tunisia
The big reveal
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Cannabis and Islam?
There is no one single answer
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Egypt's TikTok crackdown
Suzy el-Ordoneya and the politics of social media fame