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The Tajikistan government views Islam with suspicion in a country which is more than 95% Muslim.

After being crushed in Iraq and Syria, members of Islamic State reinforced their presence on the African continent.

Ten years after the fall of Islamic State, the bells of the rebuilt churches are ringing again in Mosul.

Iranians experienced the first few days of the Israeli-American airstrikes with hope, joy, fear and trepidation.

The Iranian diaspora tell how the brutal repression of protests in Iran have affected them.

Every morning, Palestinian journalist Islam al-Zaanoun puts on her bullet-proof vest and continues to report the news under Israeli bombardment.

One year after the fall of Assad, the threat of Islamic State is still present in a divided Syria.

The story of a sensational kidnapping carried out by Islamic State, told by the journalist who survived the ordeal.

The Popular Mobilisation Forces, created in 2014 to defend against IS, are causing serious instability in Iraq.

Farad Fathi is a Mullah who wants to speak directly to young people to keep them on the path of the Iranian Islamic Revolution.

In Russia, Croatia and Kazakhstan, faith is an arm of oppression and a source of hope and resistance.

Minorities in a conservative muslim country are fighting for their place in society.

The Catholic church remains the world's second largest religious community but its centre of gravity is shifting to the Global South, which will influence the choice of the next Pope.

In January 2024 a commando unit of 12 Israeli soldiers carried out a stunning raid in a hospital in the West Bank. 

Two countries whose rivalry shapes the balance of power in the Middle East...

Hamas, with its extremist ideology, has never stopped advocating for the destruction of Israel. Why?

'Tracks' meets the underground artists who are keeping the Iranian party spirit alive.

Many Muslims live in Russia, but Russia has an uneasy relationship with Islam

At the crossroads between China and India, is Indonesia, an archipelago bursting with potential