BBC News Arabs are increasingly saying they are no longer religious, according to the largest and most in-depth survey undertaken of the Middle East and North Africa. The finding is one of a number on how Arabs feel about a wide range of issues, from women's rights and migration to Continue Reading
Can religious tolerance help an aspiring Muslim power?
Taylor Luck / Christian Science Monitor Indian women in saris carefully place candles at an outdoor grotto of the Virgin Mary and kneel in prayer as couples from Uganda and Nigeria pour into the nearby chapel. Arab Chaldeans, Maronites, and Latin Catholics laugh together as they Continue Reading
Richard Dawkins to give away copies of The God Delusion in Islamic countries
By Alison Flood Richard Dawkins is responding to what he called the “stirring towards atheism” in some Islamic countries with a programme to make free downloads of his books available in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Indonesian. The scientist and atheist said he was “greatly encouraged” to learn Continue Reading
In schools, a growing push to recognize Muslim and Jewish Holidays By Debbie Truong
When her daughters were children, Khadija Athman packed the major Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, with celebration. They opened gifts and covered their hands in henna. After prayer, they had breakfast at a pancake house before spending the day at the movies and Chuck E. Continue Reading