UN approves Austria’s Volker Turk as new human rights chief
Turk’s immediate challenge is to follow up on previous UN rights chief’s report on abuse…
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Antigone review – a poetic tragedy about modern British Muslim life
Show caption Reluctant rebel … Zainab Hasan as Antigone in a new version by Inua…
On the anniversary of partition, let’s consign the pitiless logic of Hindu v Muslim to the past
In a remarkable document from the 13th century, a Sufi writer records his epiphany about…
Lawyer criticises UN report’s failure to call Uyghur oppression ‘genocide’
Show caption A guard in a tower around a detention facility in Xinjiang Uyghur region…
‘Unhinged’ Rudy Giuliani drank and ranted about Islam, new book claims
At a law firm dinner in New York in May 2016, an “unhinged” Rudy Giuliani,…
China’s Xi visits Central Asia ahead of expected meeting with Putin
Listen 5 min Comment on this story Comment Gift Article Share President Xi Jinping left…
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan: Pakistan’s ‘fearless’ musical icon
Twenty-five years since his death, the legendary qawwali singer remains a major influence in the…
Families accuse EU of ‘ignoring’ four Europeans held by Iran
Families of four Europeans imprisoned in Iran ask the EU to negotiate their release during…
Night-time heat is killing crops. Scientists are rushing to find resilient plants
As the sun sets outside with temperatures in the high 80s, where they’ll stay most…
UN warns of possible ‘crimes against humanity’ in Xinjiang
The United Nations Human Rights Office has said China’s discriminatory detention of Uyghurs in Xinjiang…