United Arab Emirates bills itself as interfaith leader
The UAE, a financial powerhouse and growing power in the Arab world, is committed to showing Western allies that all are welcome to worship there.
Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood ‘party consensus candidate’ in Egypt, dies after six years in jail
Egypt’s first freely elected president failed to allay fears his party was laying the groundwork for theocracy.
With new leadership, Malaysians hope for more interfaith understanding
After voters ousted the party that had ruled Malaysia since independence from Britain, some are looking to improve interfaith relations—starting with getting to know each other.
Jordan's young protesters say they learned from Arab Spring mistakes
Women were fully engaged in these protests, as demonstrators rejected past divisions such as between Islamist and secular groups.
How Tunisia's Sufis have withstood attack by hard-line Islamists
Salafism, a puritanical strand of Islam originating in Saudi Arabia, has sought to take over mosques and communities since the country’s 2011 revolution.
Libya crisis becomes an opportunity for the Madkhalis
The movement reveres and follows the teachings of an 85-year-old Saudi Arabian cleric.
Sufi mosque attack in Egypt elicits condemnations, creates new alliances
Even al-Qaeda supporters criticized the killing of more than 300 people at Friday prayers.
A Jordanian city offers lessons on peace among Christians and Muslims
(The Christian Science Monitor) Maher Habashneh had just one thing in mind when militants from the self-described Islamic State seized...
Moroccans protest after monarchy, Muslim party fail to deliver on reform
Morocco, held up as a model for reform in the wake of the Arab Spring, is slipping back into autocracy....
Christian writer’s murder in Jordan reveals conflict on free speech, religion
(The Christian Science Monitor) The assassination of a Jordanian writer facing charges of blasphemy placed a spotlight on Jordan’s car...