A Saudi journalist is demanding that women be given the right to four husbands. Should equality mean monogamy or polygamy for all?
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A Saudi journalist is demanding that women be given the right to four husbands. Should equality mean monogamy or polygamy for all?
The Swiss minaret ban doesn't mean European Muslims are persecuted, but it makes me worry for the Europe my son has been born into.
Much as we’d like our children to hold the same things dear as we do, we should have enough faith in them to let them choose their own belief system.
The life sentence imposed on Marwa al-Sherbini's killer shows that European Islamophobia exists but is not institutionalised.
From fashion tips to adult breastfeeding – rulings by some clerics range from the eccentric to the downright bizarre.
Given that only about 4% of the EU's population is Muslim, why is the fear of a coming Eurabia so strong in certain quarters?
Belief in the sacredness of the holy land has long bedevilled the quest for peace. It’s time to challenge the ‘God veto’.
By Khaled Diab An outward appearance of Islamism disguises the increasingly secular reality of some Arab and Muslim societies. April 2009 In a series of recent articles, Brian Whitaker explored the role of Islam in Arab politics, the decline of secularism and what can be done to reinvigorate it. He describes how “the decline...
