What holds society together and what's our role in it? Philosophers Juergen Habermas and Charles Taylor have recently been honoured in the US for their work on these issues. By Klaus Kraemer and Stefan RecciusMore
The southern state of Chiapas in the indigenous Mayan heartland of Mexico shows how vital the Muslim community is in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. Many predominantly indigenous Tzotzil men and women have converted to Islam from Catholic or other Christian denominations. By Edgard Garrido
