"We want to prove to America that we are not terrorist suspects," says Imam Mahdi Bray. US Islamic groups have launched several projects to fight extremism within their own communities, particularly among young people.

As Mideast turmoil spreads, a professor of international affairs says we are witnessing changing interpretations of religion and "a struggle over which interpretations have authority over whom."

Look back at excerpts from our conversations with reporters over the past 10 years on religion and its changing role in the world.

Blockades, barriers, and post-election turmoil are preventing faith-based aid groups from safely doing their work.

There is debate and discussion going on within religious communities about rhetoric, teachings, tolerance and anti-gay sentiments in society.

"In a lot of places where there had been conflict in the name of religion there is now peace in the name of religion, and that's a hopeful sign."

University of Notre Dame history professor Scott Appleby assesses the present moment and analyzes the anxiety, fear, and conflict currently in evidence on the American religious scene.

"We want to prove to America that we are not terrorist suspects," says Imam Mahdi Bray. US Islamic groups have launched several projects to fight extremism within their own communities, particularly among young people.

Revisit our 2005 conversation about the Iraq war with Anthony Shadid, who this week won his second Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.

"The church in Mexico has been hurt by its hesitancy and its silence," says Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas.