Faith: Muslim
“Many people are hoping there will be a more pluralistic government that will embrace the Christian Copts,” says Qamar-ul Huda, a senior program officer at the US Institute of Peace. More
As protests and rebellion break out across the Arab world, R & E looks back at the insights of scholars and experts on the compatibility of democratic values and Islam. More
“I think it’s fair to say that Islam has had some difficulty in coming to terms with modernity,” says sociologist of religion William Martin, who believes that the Gülen movement “offers a much more positive picture of what Islam can be.” More
During decades of civil war in Sudan, says John Ashworth of Catholic Relief Services, the church was the only institution on the ground with the people, and because of that it gained huge moral authority. Now South Sudan is voting in a referendum for independence from the Muslim-majority national government in Khartoum. More
“We hope to instill in our children what it takes to be a responsible, caring, and giving person who is God-conscious,” says Kathy Jamil, principal of the Universal School in Buffalo. More
Many thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled a wave of violence that was unleashed in 2003 by the US invasion. More
As the hajj comes to an end, Muslims distribute meat to the poor and recall Abraham’s willingness to offer his son to God. More
View a gallery of images of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim manuscripts and books on view in the New York Public Library’s ambitious new exhibition.
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A new book chronicles the people and places across Africa and Asia where Islam and Christianity meet and often clash. More
“In a lot of places where there had been conflict in the name of religion there is now peace in the name of religion, and that’s a hopeful sign.” More
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