The Secretary General of the Muslim World League, Muhammad al-‘Issa, was appointed to lead the main prayer at the annual pilgrimage, arousing the indignation of the Islamists. Who is al-‘Issa and why is he so controversial?

State identity and societal identity are diverging in Turkey: while religion is more and more used by politics in all areas, the younger generations have begun to distance themselves from Islam. A development that offers clues about the future of the country

The Bible and the Qur’an work with different presuppositions. At times they agree, at times they disagree, often, they neither agree nor disagree. They have their own logic. But the idea of a wholesome alteration of the Biblical texts, looks like a conspiracy-theory. Discover why in the sixth episode of Reasons for Our Hope

The twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks coincided with the West’s failure in Afghanistan, which is cultural even more than it is political or military. The two events call for a serious reflection on the relationship between the West and the Muslim world

Twenty years after 11 September: a conversation with Afghan professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali, an influential scholar of Islamic law