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  • 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

  • Professor Kenneth M. Cuno
    Marriage, religion and love in Egypt

    The long road to modernising marriage

    American historian Kenneth M. Cuno talks to Qantara.de about the decline of polygamy in Egypt, the emergence of love when choosing a marriage partner, and what role Muhammad Abduh and Qasim Amin played in promoting new ideas about marriage and the family

  • Dire economic conditions are spurring an increasing number of women in Tajikistan to enter polygamous marriages. But it comes at the price of limited rights and social stigma.
    Human rights in Asia

    Tajik women turn to polygamy to survive

    Dire economic conditions are spurring an increasing number of women in Tajikistan to enter polygamous marriages. But it comes at a price. With few rights to underpin their existence, they bear a burden of social stigma that taints not only their lives but those of their children too. Madina Shogunbekova reports

  • One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined
    Mahsa Amini: one year on

    Tehran has lost the battle for credibility

    One year after Mahsa Amini died in police custody, sparking nationwide protests, the Iranian regime has quashed all displays of public discontent. But the 2022 protest movement was not a lost cause and its impact on Iranian history cannot be undermined, writes Leela Jacinto

  • Meat grown in a lab could be considered halal, according to advice from Islamic scholars in Saudi Arabia to a U.S. food start-up, as the industry starts to explore certification for products to fit religious dietary rules
    Halal Food

    Financial Times: How to make lab-grown meat halal

    Meat grown in a lab could be considered halal, according to advice from Islamic scholars in Saudi Arabia to a U.S. food start-up, as the industry starts to explore certification for products to fit religious dietary rules.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Unless secularists change their authoritarian attitude, the current secularist trend will fail to produce democracy in the Muslim world. Whether they will truly embrace democratic pluralism remains uncertain.
    Protests in Iran

    Rethinking Sharia and democracy

    According to a recent survey, half of all Iranians say that they have left Islam as a religion, while two-thirds believe Islamic law should be excluded from their legal system. In the following essay, Ahmet T. Kuru explores the implications

  • 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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