Alaina Podmorow, thirteen-year-old humanitarian from Canada, is interviewed by Sharmin Afsana, for the cover story in the March/April issue of IWR.

Essay by Madeleine Sultán Sjöqvist: Why Swedish women convert to Islam?

There is a world of difference between sexists and bigots who believe religion gives them the go ahead to think that gays are perverts and unveiled women whores and a state that puts those beliefs into laws, under which gays are executed and badly veiled women are fined, imprisoned or have acid thrown in their faces by Hezbollah and Basiji thugs. When this is the case, speaking of personal beliefs is at best misleading.

Ophelia Benson on oppression of women under religious regimes.