Islam

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has urged programmers to infuse "Islamic" values into tech.

As long as people have limited opportunities in the socioeconomic and political arenas, and adherence to a religious lifestyle is restricted, pilgrimages will remain as an accessible means of self-fulfillment. 

Ethnic Cham followers of the Kan Imam San order are promised a better life if they convert to Sunni Islam, but many prefer to hold onto their own traditions.

The international community should not let the Taliban regime terrorize and violate the fundamental human rights of 35 million people through a fraudulent claim of divinity or sovereignty.  

Although Islam has been a part of Turkmen culture for centuries, public practice of Islam was largely suppressed during the Soviet Union and in the early independence era, too.

Eschatological or “end-times” narratives have become increasingly popular among Malaysian Muslims.

The Justice Ministry is alarmed about religious figures whose teachings blur the line between religion, their personal moral views, and the law.

Pakistan’s anti-Hindu bigotry remains uniquely institutionalized.

Usually, Ramadan’s dawn-to-dusk fasting is followed by large gatherings and family meals. In many places, such gatherings aren’t possible now.

Kyrgyz authorities profess a separation of state and religion while also paradoxically preferring one version of Islam.

As Uzbekistan opens to the world, its many important religious sites can form the base of a tourism boom.

The arrests cast a pall on Uzbekistan's reform efforts and illustrate the boundaries of Tashkent's tolerance for debate.