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Young students in Berlin inspired by Saudi author’s poem / Defying Taliban, Karachi fashion show in full swing / Iranian women tackle rugby / In Minneapolis, Muslim woman wins $1 million prize for helping unwed mothers / From Pakistan to Paris: Promoting a better image of Pakistan

General George Casey Jr. said he was worried that speculation about the beliefs of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan could cause a backlash against Muslim soldiers.

Muslims in many parts of Switzerland have invited the public into mosques - three weeks before a vote on whether to ban the construction of minarets.

Fashion that adheres to Islamic rules is a largely untapped market and Malaysia is trying to position itself as the fashion capital for the Muslim world, says the BBC's Jennifer Pak in Kuala Lumpur.

The police officer who ended the Fort Hood massacre by shooting the suspect is known as the enforcer on her street, a "tough woman" who patrolled her neighborhood and once stopped burglars at her house.

Arab and Muslim political groups are bracing themselves for a wave of anger and attacks after news broke on Thursday that the primary suspect behind the shooting deaths of twelve soldiers at Fort Hood had a Arabic and/or Muslim-sounding name. ...

Worldfocus producer Gizem Yarbil writes about the debate over polygamous marriages in some Muslim countries. Explore a map of polygamy across the globe.

The night before she was killed on the streets of Tehran, the woman the world would come to know simply as Neda had a dream. "There was a war going on," she told her mom the next morning, "and I was in the front."

“You can kill me as soon as you’d like, but you cannot stop the emancipation of women.” Those now famous words were uttered by Iranian theologian and poet Fátimih Baraghání, more commonly known as Tahirih, just before her execution in 1852.

Bridging the gap between east and west with funny, moving, rebellious stories from women in both places.

Before that, Mrs Merkel holds talks at the White House with President Barack Obama, with Afghanistan and Iran likely to be high on the agenda.