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The seats in Lebanon’s parliament are allocated in proportion to the religious communities' share of the general population.

Lebanon

Faith-based parliament

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by Mona Naggar
Mona Naggar
“My uterus, my decision”: Thousands demonstrate in Santiago de Chile in early July for a reform to Chile’s abortion law.

Comment

Women’s lost right

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by Cadima Tania
Sunni Saudi Arabia is home to the most important place of pilgrimage for all Muslims, the Kaaba in Mecca.

Confessionalisation

Shiites and Sunnis in political Islam

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by Thomas Birringer

Deforestation

Trees to charcoal

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by Raphael Mweninguwe
A micro-loan enabled this Kenyan woman to open a hardware store.

Development policy

Combatting inequality

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by Jürgen Zattler

In brief

News of the week

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Jordan is one of the most arid countries in the world. GIZ is trying to raise awareness about water scarcity with the help of religious authorities.

Development policy and Islam

Shared objectives

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by Nabiela Farouq
by Ulrich Nitschke
Ghulam Jelani, Head of Mosques in Afghanistan’s Balkh Province Directorate of Hajj and Religious Affairs.

Theology

Islamic values

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by Nabiela Farouq
by Ulrich Nitschke
Chinese construction companies are active on many continents: road project in Ethiopia.

Comment

New silk road

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by Hans Dembowski
Wolves are not treated kindly in Mongolia. Here, a cub is thrown into a ring to lure eagles at a hunting festival.

Summer special

Of wolves and men

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by Sabine Balk
Sabine Balk
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