Despite reports of mismanagement, the 2024 Hajj brought together pilgrims of diverse backgrounds from 180 countries.
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Hajj has grappled with public health and safety risks such as crowd crushes and infectious diseases in the past. It’s now facing an emerging risk: climate extremes.
Iran’s government have declared their former president is a martyr, and this is forming part of the political campaign ahead of the election.
Mosques with walls, barriers and separated entrances all send a clear message to Muslim women: that these spaces are not designed to include us.
The sudden death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, has also sparked much speculation about the identity of the country’s next supreme leader.
Cinema buildings provide exactly what many faith groups need: space for congregants to take part in communal ritual and worship.
Some of these men went from being indentured pearl divers to soldiers in Borneo. Other fled their home country as teenagers to earn money.
In religious traditions, patience is more than waiting, or even more than enduring a hardship. But what does patience look like? And when should we not exercise patience?
Thanks to a strong oral Urdu literary tradition in South Asia, poems from the past linger in the popular imagination.
Online Ramadan content has boosted Muslim voices and empowered people to to speak for themselves and on their own terms.
During the month-long period of fasting, the obligation of zakat takes on heightened significance.
Research finds that Ramadan can bolster the success of religious organisations and even influence the results of elections.
Pakistan’s laws against blasphemy have been used to bring cases against numerous people over the years, and in particular, the country’s religious minorities.
Plenty has been said about the health benefits of fasting, but what about as a religious practice?
Fasting is generally good for your health, but it needs to be done correctly. Ramadan mubarak.
By targeting a restaurant owner who identifies with a specific cuisine, the protester makes that one person responsible for the actions of an entire group or country.
The language the UK government uses on faith-related subjects matters. It models – for everyone living in the UK – how to best engage with diverse manifestations of belief.
The Turkish government started sending imams to Germany in the 1980s, but under a new agreement, imams will be trained in Germany instead.
Two scholars who study death rituals explain that the corpse is considered spiritually polluting in many religious traditions, while the Moon holds a sacred place.
Around the world, Muslim girls who wear hijabs are experiencing unique forms and heightened rates of gender and race-based violence.
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Senior Research Fellow, Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at IUPUI and Journalist-fellow, Religion and Civic Culture Center, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University
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Professor of Political Science, Director of Center for Islamic & Arabic Studies, San Diego State University
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Research fellow, Middle East studies, Deakin University
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Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies, Western Sydney University
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Affiliated Faculty of Bioethics, Religion, and Society, Department of Religious Studies, DePaul University
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Florida International University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in History and International Relations, Curtin University
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer: Politics, History and International Relations, Aston University
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Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, School of Criminology, University of Leicester
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Class of 1950 Herman B Wells Endowed Professor and Professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, Indiana University
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Professor of Islamic Art, University of Michigan
