
Counting Foreign Fighters
More Or Less investigates the number of foreigners fighting in the Middle East, 大象传媒 Trending is on location in Bangladesh and the Why Factor looks at the meaning of home.
It has been reported that as many as 20,000 foreign fighters have joined militants in the Middle East and that they make up around 10% of ISIS. In More Or Less, Wesley Stephenson and Federica Cocco look at the numbers behind those claims and examine where those fighting in places like Syria and Iraq come from.
This year three atheist bloggers in Bangladesh were brutally attacked and murdered - seemingly for challenging religious belief. The suspects are Islamic extremists. It comes after a polarised online debate between secular and atheist bloggers, and Islamists. 大象传媒 Trending is on location in the capital Dhaka, meeting bloggers living in fear and discussing what is happening with a special panel, including the country's Minister of Information Hasanul Haq Inu. Plus, who are the Goats of Bangladesh - and why are they going viral on Facebook.
For most of us a home is a sanctuary. But some people have no home at all, while for others it can become a place of terror and pain. What is home and why is the notion of home so deeply embedded in us? Mike Williams reports for The Why Factor.
(Photo details: Silhouette of an Iraqi fighter. Credit: Getty Images)
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