Shariah law informs financial contracts and credit systems, and the growth of Islamic financing options provides an alternative to current debt-based banking systems.
Iranian women have taken to burning hijabs in protest at the death of Mahsa Amini.
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Data shows that more than half of Iranian women oppose the compulsory wearing of hijabs and that the vast majority oppose an Islamic Republic.
Solidarity: a woman cuts her hair outside the Iranian embassy in Istanbul in support of Iranian women protesting against the hijab.
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A variety of cultural performances evoking intense emotions occur during the Islamic month of Muharram. A scholar observed the processions on Ashoura in northern Tanzania.
Narcissism among young people is often associated with selfies and showing off on social media, but it can also take the form of religious expression or fanaticism.
A still from the film version of Hugo Bettauer’s prophetic 1922 novel ‘The City Without Jews.’
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Study shows that so-called “socio-cultural attitudes” are not a plausible explanation for the Muslim penalty.
People gather at a vigil pray and observe a moment of silence after an attack on author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022, in Chautauqua, New York.
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The attack on Salman Rushdie promptly led to speculation on whether the attacker had been influenced by the 1989 fatwa against the author. A scholar explains what a fatwa is, and isn’t.
Salman Rushdie, great writer and outspoken defender of writers’ freedom of expression, has been under a fatwa for more than 30 years. He’s set to recover from a shock stabbing last Friday in New York.
Under Indonesian rules designed to protect religious freedom, female Muslim students are not compelled to wear “Muslim attire”. But those regulations are often interpreted differently by schools.
Muslims preparing for prayer in a mosque.
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Having the Quran in Igbo language will help in propagating Islam in the south eastern part of Nigeria.
Islamic ethics allow for many views on abortion, depending on what kind of scriptural sources are considered and by whom.
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Islamic views on abortion are based on diverse interpretations of what’s right and wrong when it comes to the body.
A view of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque during the hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on July 6, 2022.
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The start of the hajj is reigniting debates around its commercialization, but pilgrimages are also a time for seeking business opportunities, writes a scholar of Islam.
Abortion rights advocates demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2021, in Washington, D.C.
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Scholars explain why many see abortion access as a religious freedom issue and what the views of different faiths are on ‘ensoulment,’ the point at which the soul is believed to enter the fetus.
On a visit in May 2000 to the Islamia primary school in London, Prince Charles (left) met Yusuf Islam (centre) and pupils before joining assembly for readings, prayers and speeches.
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Views on abortion differ not only among major religious traditions, but within each one.
Supporters of a Pakistani religious group burn an effigy depicting the former spokeswoman of India’s ruling party, Nupur Sharma, during a demonstration in Karachi, Pakistan.
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A scholar of Islam writes about how widespread authoritarianism in the Muslim world shapes governments’ foreign policy toward Muslim minorities abroad.
Students with the Muslim Consultative Network’s summer youth program gather on the steps of New York’s City Hall on Aug. 14, 2013, to speak out against Islamophobia.
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In examining media coverage of Muslims over a 21-year period, in the US, UK, Canada and Australia, scholars found that articles mentioning Muslims were far more negative than other faith groups.
Supporters gather to demand action against anti-Muslim hate after a white man attacked two Muslim women wearing hijabs in June 2021.
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