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The orchestrators of the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen

World Cameron Joseph - 12 Jul 2020

As the crisis continues to unfold, the biggest threat may be the vested interest in maintaining the civil war Therefore, with no end in sight to the conflict plaguing the nation, the question worth asking is: who benefits from a Yemen at war?

The solitary choreography of solo prayer

Article Khadija Patel - 26 Mar 2020

Covid-19 transmissions in mosques and churches have complicated our relationships with them

Democracy and charisma: A dangerous liaison

Analysis Walden Bello - 21 Jan 2020

In India and the Philippines, strongmen have consolidated immense power through democratic means. How do we explain this?

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Africa’s Catholic churches face competition and a troubled legacy as they grow

Article Joseph Hellweg - 18 Sep 2019

Pope Francis' recently completed tour of needs to be understood in the context of the church's long history in Africa and its modern-day difficulties

Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah reduces Islamophobia

Article Khadija Patel - 5 Jul 2019

Salah’s popularity is particularly notable. One popular chant heard around Anfield these days goes like this: 'Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah, Mo Sa-la-la-la-lah'

Rivalry and revelry mark Mauritania election campaign

Africa Hademine Ould Sadi - 18 Jun 2019

After a campaign rich in colour and steeped in desert traditions, voters in Mauritania will choose on Saturday among six candidates

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BOOK REVIEW: Understanding Sharia Islamic law in a globalised world

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Jun 2019

This book is a must read for those seeking to understand an important worldview that no longer remains hidden in the sands of the desert

Religion and conflict in Cameroon

Africa David Tonghou Ngong - 8 Jun 2019

Traditional, Islamic and Christian leaders are all being caught up in the conflict over secession in the Southern Cameroons

Burka talk in a time of bias

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 3 May 2019

The Western mass media misuses the term ‘burkini’ for the mainstream gaze

Muslims long at home in New Zealand

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 18 Apr 2019

This religious community has grown from the arrival of a few sailors in 1769 to a large number of refugees first in 1951 and then since the 1980s

Hijabis face fear and ignorance

Africa Shola Lawal - 11 Jan 2019

The debate about what Muslim women in Nigeria can put on their heads is getting more heated

Letters to the Editor: November 16 to 22

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Nov 2018

Our readers write in about investments into the economy, religious freedom, abuse against women, and about our environment reporting

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France ban on face veil ‘violates’ women’s rights — UN panel

Article Agency - 24 Oct 2018

The UN Human Rights Committee calls on France to review its 2010 law banning women from covering their faces in public

Active citizenship, a social contract, Islam and democracy in Egypt

Article Nuraan Davids - 3 Jul 2018

Since the Arab Spring, Egypt's fledgling democracy has regressed. Now the country needs a new social contract

Mauritius: Paradise for who?

Africa Carl Collison - 15 Jun 2018

Attacks on queer activists from religious fundamentalists call the island’s tolerance into question as Pride is cancelled

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