Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin, EU ambassador in Afghanistan, in a televised interview has stated: “too much centralization has harmed democracy at a local level.” He added, “Many people believe that a decentralized system in Afghanistan can strengthen local democracy.”

On February 4th 2017, US authorities rolled back a controversial travel ban on people from seven Muslim countries after a judge suspended it. The state department said it was reversing the cancellation of visas, 60,000 of which were revoked after President Donald Trump's order. Will this end Trump’s negative policies towards the Muslim world?

One of the first acts of the 45th President of the United States Donald Trump who took over the presidency from Barack Obama on January 20th was to bring visa restrictions to seven Muslim countries. While many countries...

Islam is "not sustainable" in its current form with religious teachings that are "out of touch with the present", according to a leading Austrian professor. Ednan Aslan, professor of Islamic religious education at the University of Vienna, proposed several changes to a religion he said he wanted to "reshape" with modern values.