The U.K. is under pressure to take action against families who take daughters to Africa and Asia for FGM
Carla Power
Carla Power is the author of If The Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran (Henry Holt, April 2015).
Anxiety and boredom is a dangerous mix
Islamic law is more flexible than many think.
Tired of being told Islam dictates their subservience to men, Muslim women are reclaiming their religion for themselves.
Jordan's King Abdullah has sworn vengeance on ISIS after they killed of one of his pilots
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The country's radical secularism clashes with many Muslims' desire to publicly display their faith
Over 98% of the Kingdom's historical and religious sites have been destroyed since 1985
Businesses wait for a successful nuclear deal with Iran
The militant Nigerian group's actions repeatedly go against the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad
Saudi Arabia has told the U.N. it will do better on human rights. Just as it did five years ago
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