After an IRA explosion in 1987 terrorized the community of Enniskillen, killed 11 Protestants, and injured scores of others, Gordon Wilson, father of one victim, said he forgave the bombers and prayed for the grace to continue to do so. Will the members of the G8 summit meeting in Northern Ireland be able to draw on a similar spirit of peace and reconciliation? More →

June 14, 2013

Some Turkish Alawites say their concerns are driven less by sympathy for the Assad regime than by a fear of what might replace it. More →

January 4, 2013

The militarized island of Mindanao is the only area of the Philippines with a significant Muslim presence. It is also the place where international civilians are working with local civic groups to monitor a ceasefire and advance the peace process. More →

September 28, 2012

“We’ve been Muslims for 1400 years,” says Abdul Sattar Edhi, a one-man charity in Karachi who runs an ambulance service and with his wife, Bilquis Edhi, oversees orphanages, schools, nurseries, and shelters for thousands of women and children. “Why don’t we become human beings? God doesn’t just love Muslims. He loves human beings.” More →

August 19, 2011

Many thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled a wave of violence that was unleashed in 2003 by the US invasion. More →

November 24, 2010

A new book chronicles the people and places across Africa and Asia where Islam and Christianity meet and often clash. More →

October 15, 2010

At the time of Saddam Hussein’s overthrow, an estimated one million Christians were living in Iraq. Now about one-third of Iraq’s Christian community have fled the country in order to escape increasing violence and hostility from their Muslim countrymen. More →

July 23, 2010

“Any conflicts between Muslims and Copts, in the subway or the market, will always end up being taken in the religious context,” says Alexandria University professor Rifaat Lakkousha. More →

February 26, 2010