The Pew Research Center’s ninth annual study of global restrictions on religion, which analyses the extent to which governments and societies around the world impinge on religious beliefs and practices, has revealed that restrictions on religion around the world continued to climb in 2016, with Muslims the most common target.
More than 2,000 foreign women and children are being held in detention camps in Syria after moving with their husbands to join ISIS. After their husbands are captured or killed, many of their families also find themselves captured and stuck in limbo as their home countries ignore pleas to repatriate them.
The French government has announced several initiatives that are in their early stages regarding the regulation of Islam in France. In May, Ahmet Ogras, the president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), the institution responsible for representing the religion to the public authorities, had first said he wanted such consultation. CFCM leaders…
