Why No One Wants The Rohingyas
As thousands of members of the persecuted minority flee Myanmar and Bangladesh on rickety boats, the rest of Southeast Asia is showing a distinct reluctance to take them in.
Muslims
Germans Open Their Homes To Refugee Roommates
A flood of refugees in Germany has strained resources, particularly housing. A website has signed up hundreds of Germans willing to have the newcomers come and live with them.
For A French Rabbi And His Muslim Team, There's Work To Be Done
Rabbi Michel Serfaty and his Muslim assistants work in poor neighborhoods where many residents are immigrants from Islamic countries. January's terror attacks only made him more determined.
In France, Young Muslims Often Straddle Two Worlds
An estimated 40 percent of France's 7 million Muslims live in and around Paris, many of them in the poor suburbs. It's hard to escape the banlieues, even for those who work or attend school elsewhere.
A German Muslim Asks His Compatriots: 'What Do You Want To Know?'
Inside his dentist's office, Sadiqu al-Mousllie is treated like any other German. It's different when the Syrian-born man steps outside. He's trying to fight Islamophobia, one question at a time.
Obama Calls UNC Murders 'Brutal And Outrageous'
The president spoke a day after the Justice Department announced an investigation into the killings of three Muslim university students as a possible hate crime.
Duke's Muslim Students Pray Amid Controversy Over Call To Prayer
They will gather for their call to prayer in the quadrangle outside Duke Chapel, a day after Duke University reversed course on allowing the traditional call to prayer from the chapel's bell tower.
After Saying Yes, Duke Nixes Muslim Call To Prayer From Chapel Bell Tower
The school had announced it would allow the traditional call to prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower. The decision was excoriated, and today the private university in Durham, N.C., reversed course.
At Last, Muslims Can Savor A Halal Spin On Spain's Famous Jamón
Authentic jamón ibérico from free-range pigs fed on acorns is a key Spanish food that observant Muslims can't enjoy. But a Tunisian emigre is now making halal ham from lamb and beef in southern Spain.
'Burqa Ban' Sparks Another Round Of Clashes In France
Police enforcement of a ban on women wearing full-face veils in public places sparked unrest in a Paris suburb over the weekend. The law was approved two years ago, but remains a sensitive issue.