Islam

The library’s reopening on Feb. 19 represents a significant milestone in the return of arts and literature to a city whose culture became a target of the militants. 

In the city of Konya, adherents of a Sufi ritual meditation are torn between commercialism and tradition.

Sudan’s new government is working to provide protections for religious minorities. Sudanese Christians are trying to figure out what it means for them. 

The Nuba rebels of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) are negotiating with the transitional government, and reviving an age-old issue in Sudan: secularism, or the separation between religion and the state.

We asked The World’s listeners to share what Eid al-Fitr means to them and their families. Here’s what they told us.