Islam

U.S.-favored policies in Central Asia must be rolled back to help save the Uighur people.

Hindu nationalists have long wanted to reshape the region. Now they are getting their chance.

Anger at the presence of U.S. troops on sacred Saudi soil led Osama bin Laden to found al Qaeda and wage jihad on the West. The crown prince’s decision to welcome them back could light the fuse again.

The Trump administration has done more for the millions in camps than any Islamic leader.

The Saudi crown prince’s regional aggression and disdain for human rights have prompted religious scholars and pious pilgrims to refuse to go on the hajj. 

The two Oxford-educated leaders once preached liberal values—but found bigotry more convenient.

The Saudi crown prince vowed to crack down on radical clerics—but the victims have mostly been advocates for moderate Islam.

Muslim women obeying new rules are still being assaulted and harassed.

Old hatreds are coming out in the aftermath of the Easter bombings.

When Russia seized Crimea in 2014, a crackdown on the Muslim minority ensued.

Targeting terrorists and their networks brings only temporary success—but the long-term strategy needs to focus on discrediting the ideologies that attract attackers.

Assaults on Christian sites show terrorists are apostates as well as murderers.

On the podcast: A former State Department official who led the outreach to the Muslim world after the 9/11 attacks.

The region’s genocidal wars are over—but bigots from across the West still flock there for inspiration.

Middle Eastern governments have forged alliances with right-wing groups in the West dedicated to anti-Islam bigotry.

White evangelicals’ apocalyptic fantasies are driving U.S. policy.

Chinese Muslims are struggling to follow their faith amid a growing crackdown.

The quiet New Zealand city has endured natural disaster. But until March 15, it had never faced an unnatural one.

The attack in New Zealand was inspired in part by the Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, but the real threat is lone wolves lurking in the far corners of the Internet.

The gunman who massacred Muslims was inspired by ideas that have circulated for decades on the French far-right.