The overwhelming majority of Muslims in Mozambique reject the violence of the insurgents and their quest for a caliphate.
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Islamic banks must follow Sharia law, and as such take a different approach to traditional Australian banks. They don’t charge interest, and are much more selective about which activities they fund.
Protests over the death in custody of Mahsa Amini have gone global. But in Iran there is a unique version, known as ‘amameh parani’, targeting a garment sacred to Shi’a clerics.
Many people accept the Egyptian government’s restrictions on freedoms, for a variety of conflicting reasons.
Al-Shabaab’s evolution over nearly two decades has been centred around three major goals.
As the West contemplates how to engage with the increasingly brutal Taliban government in Afghanistan, the country’s people will suffer enormously.
Shari’a, most certainly, is not just a tool of violent radicals with a particular set of ideas about sexual morality and gender relations.
The Taliban’s punishments are at odds with many basic principles of Islamic law.
The Taliban’s recent conquest of Kabul signifies their seizure of power. This threatens the rights of girls, women and sexual minorities to freedom from harm and access to opportunities.
Conflicting groups in Kaduna can only achieve peace if they negotiate based on the value and inherent dignity of the human person.
Divorce rates are reportedly on the rise but these religious councils largely run on volunteer labour.
Should South Africa’s military get involved, it would be venturing into a highly violent and complex landscape, requiring a counter-terrorism type of operations.
Neither French nor American, Senegalese secularism stands midway between these two models
Brunei’s new anti-gay Sharia laws are the harshest in the world. Yet few countries have publicly condemned them, and an international boycott could backfire.
Brunei’s new anti-gay laws have shocked the world. So, why haven’t governments, including Australia’s, taken a stronger stand against the sultan?
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Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, American University in Cairo
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Massey University
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Lecturer in the Study of Religion, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Maître de conférences en sciences sociales, Université Gaston Berger
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PhD Candidate, Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies, Western University
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Researcher, University of Bristol
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Lakehead University
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Assistant Professor, Political Science, MacEwan University
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Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Utrecht University
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Assistant Professor, University of Alabama
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Professor of Finance, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in Finance, RMIT University
