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Press freedom

Journalism as crime

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by Basma El-Mahdy
Kurds rallying in favour of the peace process in Frankfurt earlier this year.

Comment

Peace must be top priority

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by Timur Tinç

Refugee crisis

No, the west did not cause the refugee crisis all by itself

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by Hans Dembowski
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

Post-conflict

Coming alive again

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by Moutaz Ali
Mohammed Fahmy is one of three Al Jazeera journalists who were sentence to three years in prison in late August.

Comment

Press freedom restricted

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by Ingy Salama
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
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
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