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  • People pray in the Great Mosque and bow towards the Kaaba
    Muslim month of pilgrimage

    Hajj – a vision of interfaith solidarity

    When Muslims turn to the Kaaba as a common centre point, they are reminded of their sacred bond with the entire human race and their special relationship with the other Abrahamic religions

  • Headshot of a women (Sedigheh Vasmaghi) wearing glasses and a headscarf
    The Iranian theologian and feminist Sedigheh Vasmaghi

    A revolution in Islamic law

    With her work, Iranian feminist and legal scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi is putting an end to male dominance in Islamic jurisprudence, striking at the very heart of the Islamic Republic.

  • Author Sherman Jackson
    Reform Islam

    Transcending the secular-sacred divide

    Sherman Jackson's "The Islamic Secular" makes a compelling case for an alternative understanding of 'secular', which is neither outside religion nor a rival to it

  • Imam Ender Çetin
    Imams from Germany

    "The idea of a German Islam isn't all that strange"

    Ender Çetin is one of the first imams to have been trained in Germany. Are these imams the bridge-builders Germany needs right now?

  • Drinking alcohol has been banned in Iran in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
    Alcohol in Iran, Turkey and the USA

    Are all taboos justified?

    Iran's ban on alcohol has led to a rise in methanol poisonings, revealing the deadly side of prohibition. The situation mirrors past failures in the U.S. and contrasts with more lenient policies in countries like Turkey. By Niloofar Gholami

  • Authorities in Iran are trying to enforce laws obligating women to cover their hair by sending them for psychological treatment.
    Iran protests

    Women defying hijab laws forced into psychiatric treatment

    Authorities in Iran are trying to enforce laws obligating women to cover their hair by sending them for psychological treatment.

  • In her latest book – "Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam" – Ziba Mir-Hosseini talks to six leading Muslim reformists about gender, women's rights and the latter's evolution over time.
    Islamic feminism

    Evolving gender rights

    In her latest book – "Journeys Toward Gender Equality in Islam" – legal anthropologist and activist Ziba Mir-Hosseini talks to six leading Muslim reformists about gender, women's rights and the latter's evolution over time. Interview by Tugrul von Mende

  • Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is continuously increasing its Islamic diplomacy portfolio. A central element is the deployment of a moderate Islam discourse for global peace.
    Indonesia

    Indonesia’s Islamic peace diplomacy: Crafting a role model for moderate Islam

    Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, is continuously increasing its Islamic diplomacy portfolio. A central element is the deployment of a moderate Islam discourse for global peace.

  • Every wearer of a turban in Iran is seen as a representative and symbol of the hated regime.
    Shia clerics in Iran

    "Save Islam" – or just the mullahs?

    Are the Shia clergy disappearing as a pillar of Iranian society, degenerating into a mere power apparatus? Nationwide attacks, vilification and the murder, or attempted murder, of mullahs are becoming more frequent. Every turban wearer is seen as representing and symbolising the hated regime. By Ali Sadrzadeh

  • If nothing else, the popular religious discourse in the aftermath of the earthquake reveals yet again that institutional reform in Arab countries is long overdue. Those voices that value humanity over religious polarisation deserve our unconditional support.
    Turkey-Syria earthquake

    Polarising religious narratives

    Religious discussions on the causes and aftermath of the earthquake disaster in Turkey and Syria have dominated Arab discourse recently, revealing the urgent need to support marginalised, humanist religious voices and those placing the human above polarisation and the instrumentalisation of events. By Mustafa Karahamad

  • The Prophet Muhammad

    Oxford study sheds light on Muhammad's "underage" wife Aisha

    New scholarship suggests the story of Islam's prophet marrying a minor is baseless propaganda fabricated for political and sectarian motives

  • 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

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