Jul 15 During Ramadan, a time for charity, prayer, reflection — and being green By Noreen Nasir, Ariel Min The month of Ramadan, which comes to a close Friday, is meant to be a time of extra charity, prayer, reflection and community. One of those communities is Green Muslims, a spiritually-inspired environmental group based in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
Jun 20 Photos: Muslims prepare for Ramadan around the world By News Desk The Muslim holy month of Ramadan began around the world on Wednesday evening. Continue reading
May 27 Watch In Morocco, strict adoption rules leave many orphans without hope By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 20 Watch 8:35 Morocco trains female spiritual guides to fight extremism and empower women By PBS News Hour In Morocco, a school that trains imams to lead prayers in the country's many mosques is at the center of a government program to provide "spiritual security." Here, female students are studying to become spiritual guides, on a mission to… Continue watching
May 20 More — not less — religion needed to fight extremism, imam director says By Thalia Beaty, Kristopher Brant and Maggy Donaldson The North African country of Morocco has a series of religious training programs aimed at countering Islamic radicalism. Now, it is working to expand these programs to regional and even global levels. Continue reading
May 09 Watch 8:14 Is Cape Town’s women and gay-friendly mosque a sign of new Muslim attitudes? By PBS News Hour A Muslim academic recently opened a gay- and women-friendly mosque in Cape Town, South Africa, which was largely regarded as a response to the culture of exclusion and conservatism in the Muslim faith. And despite receiving death threats and fierce… Continue watching
Mar 07 Watch 8:50 How did the Charlie Hebdo attacks affect rising Islamophobia in France? By PBS News Hour By some estimates, the French city of Marseille is now 30 to 40 percent Muslim -- once of the highest concentrations of Muslims anywhere in France. But even in Marseille, tensions between Muslims and non-Muslims have been rising for years. Continue watching
Jan 27 Watch 1:50 Obama avoids criticizing treatment of Saudi blogger during visit By PBS News Hour On a visit to meet Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz, President Obama advocated for tolerance and free speech but did not discuss a Saudi blogger's punishment of 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam. Judy Woodruff reports. Continue watching
Jan 15 Watch 3:07 2 dead in Belgian raid on extremists said to plot European attacks By PBS News Hour Continue watching