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ISIS fighters march in Raqqa, Syria in 2014.

Extremism

“Someone who kills innocent people will not become a martyr”

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by Eva-Maria Verfürth

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News of the week

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Rural South African grandmother.

Social security

African pension patterns

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by Hans Dembowski
An activist stands at the COPINH office in La Esperanza, Intibucá, Honduras. The civil-society organisation defends indigenous rights.

Human Rights

“For us, there is only death”

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by Sheila Mysorekar
Sheila Mysorekar

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News of the week

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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
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

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News of the week

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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
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