(The Conversation) — After its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban are again imposing their religious ideology, with restrictions on women’s rights and other repressive measures. They are ...
For many young Iranians, Islam no longer represents spiritual meaning. It represents repression. It represents intolerance. It represents the loss of freedom — freedom of conscience, freedom of ...
A new Muslim group plans to name and shame supporters of extremism within the community, saying political correctness about the threat from jihadi terrorism is helping fuel an anti-Muslim backlash in ...
When I walked into the office of Essam El-Erian in April 2007, I was greeted with a statement and a question. “I shake,” he said—as in, he shakes hands with women, which some observant Muslims believe ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR NPR's Ari Shapiro interviews Asra Nomani, co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement ...
Reform movement emerged under ex-president Khatami Reformists support gradual change not revolution Achieved little under entrenched clerical elite 'The younger generation does not want us' -reformist ...
Parveen Akhtar has previously received funds from the ESRC and the British Academy. Reform’s success at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in recent local elections has triggered speculation ...
Reform UK’s newly announced London mayoral candidate, Laila Cunningham, has sparked controversy after suggesting that women wearing the burqa should be subject to stop-and-search checks. Critics have ...