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A referendum on a constitutional amendment is to be held in Egypt at the beginning of May, which would enable President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to continue governing after the end of his current term. In the face of massive repression, approval seems certain. But how will this regime develop in the future? By Stephan Roll and Luca MieheMore

Renowned journalists, Islamic scholars and authors shed light on the various facets of racist and Islamophobic violence in Western countries.More

Tania Georgelas met her husband John, an American convert to Islam, online and they connected over their Islamist views. After John moved Tania and their children to Syria, she decided to escape. Now she wants to dedicate her life to countering extremism and rehabilitating ex-jihadists.More

More than a million Chinese civil servants have been assigned to move into the homes of Uighurs and other ethnic minorities, spending weeks as uninvited guests.More

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Three Saudi activists have been honoured alongside anti-corruption campaigners at the awards ceremony. Known as the Alternative Nobel, the prize recognises efforts thought to be ignored by the Nobel prizes.More

The US-led Coalition’s ongoing failure to admit to, let alone adequately investigate, the shocking scale of civilian deaths and destruction it caused in Raqqa is a slap in the face for survivors trying to rebuild their lives and their city, says Amnesty International.More

Democratic societies are fracturing into segments based on ever-narrower identities, threatening the possibility of deliberation and collective action by society as a whole. To free the world from ongoing conflict, argues Francis Fukuyama, we need a more universal understanding of human dignityMore

A quarter of a century since the signing of the Oslo Accords, an independent and sovereign Palestinian state has become little more than a myth as Israel continues to expand its settler colonial project and military occupation.More

The war in Syria seems to be entering its final days, with Assad’s forces closing in on one of the country’s last opposition-led provinces. Yet the USA, focused on trade wars across three continents and political wars at home, still doesn’t seem to have figured out what role it should be playing in the conflict or its aftermath.More

In a recent report, Human Rights Watch criticises the Egyptian authorities for having failed to investigate or prosecute a single member of the security forces five years after their systematic and widespread killing of largely peaceful protesters on Rabaa Square in Cairo.More