SPIEGEL ONLINE
- May 02, 2013
Cricket world champion and former playboy Imran Khan found his way to Islam through a mystic. Now he wants to become Pakistan's prime minister and free his country of corruption and the Americans. By Susanne Koelbl more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 29, 2013
After coming out as a secularist in Muslim Morocco, blogger Kacem El Ghazzali became the subject of harrassment and death threats. At a time when many young people go to college, he saw no choice but to apply for political asylum in Switzerland, where he has spent the past two years. By James Kirchick in Geneva more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- March 15, 2013
A year ago, a SPIEGEL editor met a Salafist in Hanover. Following several meetings in Germany, he traveled with him to his new home in Egypt. He could not have anticipated the danger he would encounter there. By Takis Würger more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- February 28, 2013
Dalil Boubakeur is one of France's most prominent Muslims. In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, he discusses what retiring Pope Benedict XVI did wrong in bridging the Muslim-Catholic divide and how the two religions need to make a fresh start at interfaith dialogue. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 21, 2012
Archeologists are studying the ruins of a buried Christian empire in the highlands of Yemen. The sites have sparked a number of questions about the early history of Islam. Was there once a church in Mecca? By Matthias Schulz more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- December 04, 2012
The rise of political Islam following the Arab Spring has many worried that the democratic achievements of the revolution could be lost. In Egypt and Tunisia alike, citizens are once again taking to the streets. But this time they are opposing Islamism. Does secularism still stand a chance? By Daniel Steinvorth more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 27, 2012
Salafist men wear beards, hand out copies of the Koran and cause headaches for Germany's domestic intelligence agency. But how do the women feel? SPIEGEL spends a weekend with two veiled women and learns about their vision of a perfect world. By Özlem Gezer and Barbara Hardinghaus more... [ Forum ]
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 27, 2012
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on her fellow citizens to exercise more tolerance toward the country's 4 million Muslims, stating that Islam is part of Germany. People, she said, need to be careful to differentiate between extremists and the religion itself. more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 24, 2012
A right-wing populist group in Germany has sparked a heated legal debate with its plan to show the anti-Islam film that has inspired protest across the Muslim world. Despite a real threat of Islamist violence, experts say precedence indicates a ban on the event is unlikely. By Hubert Gude and Fidelius Schmid more...
SPIEGEL ONLINE
- September 24, 2012
The protests against "Innocence of Muslims" are not just spontaneous outbreaks of rage. Radical Islamists and governments are exploiting the unrest for their own ends. In the process, it is hard for moderate Muslims to make their voices heard. By SPIEGEL Staff
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