A study from Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees examines how people from Muslim-majority backgrounds experience discrimination in daily life, at school, in job searches, and on ...
An academic study explains how Myanmar’s powerful groups turned a small religious minority into a feared “enemy” in the public mind. Moreover, they argue that this process did not ha...
Summary Sacred Homes, Hidden Prayers: How a Pakistani Muslim Family Keeps Faith Alive in Urban China A 2026 study in Applied Linguistics Review examines how a Pakistani Muslim family in urban South Ch...
A study of Muslim women in Dubai shows how looser rules on alcohol and public eating during Ramadan changed their plates, their glasses and, for some, their faith. A Question Over Dinner DUBAI. A rese...
A study argues that Silk Road architecture was a two-way conversation. It followed the colours, craftsmen and cobalt that linked the Forbidden City to Samarkand. A Blue Roof With a Distant Echo Stand ...
Summary A 2026 study reveals how Chinese communities of Muslim descent in China, Taiwan, and the Philippines maintain distinct identities through ancestor worship. The Guo lineage, originating from Mu...
A new study shows how women in a small Chinese minority use group chanting to learn, bond and challenge the idea that their voices are too soft to matter. A Chorus That Cannot Be Ignored Every evening...
Summary A book chapter published by Edinburgh University Press traces the remarkable institutional history of Islamic communities across the former Yugoslav lands, from the nineteenth century through ...
A study from Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees examines how people from Muslim-majority countries view belonging, integration, and social distance — and finds a mostly open soc...
Summary Qatar’s Qur’anic Botanic Garden: Where Scripture, Science, and Scent Meet A study by researcher from Hamad Bin Khalifa University examines how the Qur’anic Botanic Garden in ...
Summary A new comparative study examines how three European countries—Austria, Croatia and Serbia—are responding to the religious diversity brought by migration. Authors Deniz Cosan Eke, Aleksandra Dj...
Respectability, Resistance or Refuge: How Muslim Leaders in Norway Respond to Being Seen as a Threat
Summary A new study published in Ethnic and Racial Studies offers a fresh way of understanding how Muslim leaders in Europe respond to hostility and suspicion. Sociologist Olav Elgvin from Fafo, an Os...
Summary A landmark special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies has introduced a powerful new concept for understanding Muslim life in Europe: “the Muslim Trap.” Editors from the University ...
Summary A new study examines how four contemporary European mosques use ornamentation to express Islamic identity while embracing modern architectural trends. Researchers Hanalysed the Cologne Central...
Summary A new study published in Ethnic and Racial Studies offers a rare, ground-level view of what it actually feels like to be Muslim in Britain today. Sociologist Ajmal Hussain from the University ...
