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Monotheism

Tala Khudairi and Jack Lindsay are two of the pilgrims who appear in a new PBS documentary about the Hajj.

PBS goes on the Hajj with Muslim pilgrims from around Boston

Belief

When a group of Muslims from the Boston area make the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage for millions of Muslims around the world, they discover it’s a test of their patience and endurance. It was equally so for the group of PBS filmmakers who followed the pilgrims to Mecca.

Turkish mosques begin makeovers to accommodate, welcome women

Lifestyle & Belief

The origins of religion

Lifestyle & Belief

Latinos Flock to Islam

New Inclusive Mosque Outside Paris Welcomes Gays and Lesbians

Conflict & Justice
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Women in Turkey: Out of the Home and Into the Mosque

Conflict & Justice

To encourage women to pray in mosques, Istanbul’s religious authorites have started an ambitious program to make the city’s 3,100 mosques more women-friendly.

Rastafarians in Ethiopia

Arts, Culture & Media

Ethiopia has a small slice of the Caribbean in it. 60 years ago, Emperor Haile Selassie set aside 500 acres for western Blacks who wanted to return to Africa. Hundreds of Rastafarians have taken up the offer but they haven’t always been welcome.

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Battle Over Kosovo Mosque

Arts, Culture & Media

Many Muslims in Kosovo are worried about Islamic extremism in their midst – this has led to a fight over the building of a new mosque.

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Translator from Darfur 5:30:

Arts, Culture & Media

The World’s Jeb Sharp profiles Daoud Hari, a Sudanese refugee from Darfur who worked as translator and guide for aid workers, journalists and genocide investigators along the Chad-Sudan border; Hari has written a memoir called “The Translator.”

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Debating Islamic law in Britain

Lifestyle & Belief

Alex Gallafent reports on a controversy in Britain over comments made by the Archbishop of Canterbury

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