(The Conversation) — After its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban are again imposing their religious ideology, with restrictions on women’s rights and other repressive measures. They are ...

A new Muslim group plans to name and shame supporters of extremism within the community, saying political correctness about the threat from jihadi terrorism is helping fuel an anti-Muslim backlash in ...

When I walked into the office of Essam El-Erian in April 2007, I was greeted with a statement and a question. “I shake,” he said—as in, he shakes hands with women, which some observant Muslims believe ...

Reform movement emerged under ex-president Khatami Reformists support gradual change not revolution Achieved little under entrenched clerical elite 'The younger generation does not want us' -reformist ...

Parveen Akhtar has previously received funds from the ESRC and the British Academy. Reform’s success at the expense of Labour and the Conservatives in recent local elections has triggered speculation ...

Death threats cannot stop Irshad Manji from speaking out in favor of reform within Islam. The journalist and author will speak tonight about her film Faith Without Fear at the University of Houston.

TEHRAN -- Mohsen Kadivar is a lonely voice in Iran these days. A charismatic cleric with a salt-and-pepper beard and a spirited smile, Kadivar became a hero to Iranian youth during his 1999 trial for ...