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Remembering victim Hatun Surucu
"A Regular Woman" – the story of an honour killing
The Netherlands' migrant parties
Representing the new Europeans
Popular uprisings in the Islamic world
Algiers, Khartoum… that trembling moment
Interview with Indian novelist Arundhati Roy
"India is much more dangerous than it was ten years ago"
U.S.A and Iran
Trump – agent provocateur
Book review: Amir Hassan Cheheltanʹs "Der standhafte Papagei"
History of a revolution

Interview with Indian novelist Arundhati Roy
"India is much more dangerous than it was ten years ago"
The demise of Modern Standard Arabic
Tongue-tied Arabs
Interview with a mixed-faith couple
Experiences in a Christian-Muslim marriage
Women′s rights in Islam
Can feminism be Islamic?
Interview with Asma Barlas
''It Is the Right for Every Muslim to Interpret the Quran for Themselves''
From Germany to "Islamic State"
The metamorphosis of Christian L.

The German Islam Scholar Lamya Kaddor
Why I as a Muslim Woman Don't Wear a Headscarf
Jordan and the influx of refugees
The true Samaritans
Muslims in Liberal Democracies
Why the West Fears Islam
The decline of Islamic scientific thought
Don't blame it on al-Ghazali
The Media and ''The Innocence of Muslims''
Against the Islamisation of Muslims
Junaid Jamshed
"I Was a Sinner for Years"

In brief

Indian Muslims talk of leaving village as divide with Hindus widens
Frugal fare for Ramadan in Damascus as war saps spending
Moroccan film tackles taboo of unmarried mothers
Iraqis turn to budding ecotourism to save marshes

According to the Koran, the Prophet Muhammad received the Book's holy words in the month of Ramadan. During this month, Muslims are supposed to practice abstinence. Daily prayer is compulsory – even for travellers. Islamic prayer rooms have been set up in many international airports, like the one here in Amman. In Germany, you can find these rooms in the airports at Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf

Ramadan: Enlightenment and commerce

Muslims all over the world are currently observing Ramadan. The month of fasting is supposed to be all about reflection, meditation and abstention - but Ramadan is becoming increasingly commercialised.

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