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  • Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West.
    The future of Islamic mysticism

    Is Sufism under threat?

    Sufis today are under attack from fundamentalists and modernists alike. At the same time, a new form of Sufism is emerging in the West. By Marian Brehmer

  • Egyptian Sufis have been on the defensive against the country's Islamists for decades. Meanwhile, interest in mysticism is growing among the young members of Cairo’s middle and upper classes.
    Sufism in Egypt

    Cairo's mystic revival

    Egyptian Sufis have been on the defensive against the country's Islamists for decades. Meanwhile, interest in mysticism is growing among the young members of Cairo’s middle and upper classes. By Marian Brehmer

  • Author Mohamed Amjahid has studied the nature of love and desire from Cairo to Casablanca.
    Let's talk about sex, habibi!

    Love and desire from Cairo to Casablanca

    Berlin journalist Mohamed Amjahid writes humorously and very intimately about how people experience love and desire across North Africa. Melanie Christina Mohr read the book

  • Today’s Muslims have the right to look at this complex Islamic tradition not only with respect but also with critical reason, in order to find the best inspirations they can, to rearticulate Islam for a radically different millennium.
    Islam’s conscientious thinkers

    People of reason vs. people of the hadith

    Past attempts to reconcile logic and belief within Islam tend to be dismissed today – not because they lack merit, but because they were politically defeated, argues Mustafa Akyol

  • Sufi shrine to Mustafa Devati in Istanbul.
    God's love for all

    Sufism is not just Muslim

    Sufism has fluid boundaries. Just like Islam, Sufism is inconceivable without its late antique roots. Then again, it has also exerted an influence on Hinduism. Moreover, the Sufic doctrine of divine love exists independently of Islam. By Stefan Weidner

  • Young people in Iraqi Kurdistan

    Turning towards religion or away from it?

    Young people in northern Iraq are so disillusioned that many are trying to leave the country any way they can. Some fear widespread discontent could push people toward potentially dangerous religious fundamentalism. By Cathrin Schaer

  • Exclusive: Investigating Syria's civil war

    How hardline rebels turned on activist Razan Zeitouneh

    The disappearance of Razan Zeitouneh and her colleagues has been one of the greatest mysteries of the Syrian war – until today. DW's investigative unit hunted clues across six countries to track down the perpetrators

  • "The fate of Razan and her colleagues resembles that of the civil, peaceful movement that tried to create a moral alternative for Syria," says Darwish, who co-founded the VDC with Zeitouneh 10 years ago.
    10 years of war in Syria

    Razan Zeitouneh – the missing face of Syria's revolution

    Razan Zeitouneh fought for justice in Syria and made enemies on all sides. Then she disappeared without a trace. Her fate remains unknown to this day. On the tenth anniversary of the revolution, Lewis Sanders, Birgitta Schulke-Gill, Wafaa Al Badry and Julia Bayer look back on her life

  • Syrian writer and political dissident Yassin al-Haj Saleh was imprisoned in Syria from 1980 to 1996 for membership of the left-wing Syrian communist party, which he calls a "communist pro-democracy” group. Having fled the country in 2015, Saleh is now a fellow at Berlin Institute for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin).
    The legacy of the Arab Spring

    "The Syrian revolution is resumable today and tomorrow"

    On the 10th anniversary of the Arab Spring we can’t quite escape that substance called remembrance. Yet, eschewing facile modes of nostalgic remembrance and/or tragic lamentation, we opt for asking questions. Yassin Al-Hajj Saleh reflects

  • Germany and the discussion surrounding "Political Islam"

    Berlin 2021 is not Tehran 1979

    Several media reports in recent weeks have focused on the potential threat presented by Islamist groups in Germany. The discourse is fraught with generalisations, both sides accusing the other of their inability to differentiate, writes Tayfun Guttstadt

  • De-radicalising young people

    Is there a way to stop jihadists in Europe?

    What drives young men into the arms of Islamist extremists – and how can they be re-integrated into society? Five years after the deadly attacks in Paris, urgent questions remain. By Matthias von Hein

  • Interview with political scientist Hugo Micheron

    "The attack on Charlie Hebdo was a belated wake-up call"

    Political scientist Hugo Micheron on the origins of Islamist terrorism in France, his conversations with jihadists – and on the trial now beginning against the perpetrators of the 2015 attacks. Interview by Nadia Pantel

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