Explore the everyday lives of French Muslims in this photo essay.

Timeline of French secularism, from the French Revolution to the headscarf debate.

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(August 26, 2004) WIDE ANGLE explores the ban on Muslim headscarves in French schools in the town of Dammarie-les-Lys, a racially diverse, working-class community on the outskirts of Paris, where young Muslim women face a choice to obey the ban - or flout it.

This film covers a racially diverse, working-class community on the outskirts of Paris, where Muslim women face a choice to obey a headscarf ban — or flout it.

Since 1989, the appearance of the hijab (Muslim headscarf) in French public schools has opened the most impassioned debate over the role of laïcité (secularism) in French society since the separation of church and state in 1905.

Professor Fawaz Gerges discusses secularism in France with host Mishal Husain.

Essay outlining the history of modern suicide terrorism.

(July 17, 2003) WIDE ANGLE follows Salman Ahmed as he journeys to the tolerant, ancient city of Lahore and the fundamentalist stronghold of Peshawar to reveal the internal religious and political conflicts of nuclear-armed Pakistan.

Explore a map of the vast Middle East, featuring cities from Rabat to Islamabad, Ankara to Khartoum. For each country, the map features information on the capital, year of independence, and political structure.

India's Enduring Hindu-Muslim Contest: From the Indus Valley Civilization to the conflict in Kashmir.

The relations between Hindus and Muslims in the Indian subcontinent, of course, is part of the larger conflict between India and Pakistan.

The bloody conflict between Hindus and Muslims in northwestern India is at the forefront of a struggle for India's identity.

Learn more about the ancient history that begets modern violence.