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As a muslim in Manilla, you can’t go out on the streets unless you have a gun. We are visiting Mohammed, a 27-year old, homosexual muslim whom fled from Mindanao. Along with a great number of other muslims, he lives in the ‘muslim slums’ on the outskirts of Manilla. Mohammed takes precautions against this, like shaving of his beard and dressing discrete.

Living with a gun in the Philipinean ‘Muslim Slums’ http://www.vpro.nl/metropolis As a muslim in Manilla, you can’t go out on the streets unless you have a gun. We are visiting Mohammed, a 27-year old, homosex...

Is it still fun to be a Muslim? Today we have a report from Mexico. A group of Totziel Indians whom are living here are converted to Islam not long ago. The interesting fact is that they live in one of the worlds most Catholic countries.

Converted Muslim Indians in Catholic Mexico http://www.vpro.nl/metropolis A group of Mexican Totziel Indians converted to Islam, while living in one of the worlds most Catholic lands. Amongst all the c...

A new season Metropolis!
Every week Metropolis proposes a new question to the world. This week: Is it still fun to be Muslim? Our correspondents are looking for answers all over the world, and today we have a report from Israel. In Israel we meet Sana, a Muslim and lawyer who needs two bodyguards just to get to work in Jerusalem. Since the rise of IS, living as a Muslim among a majority of Jews is even harder.

Israelian Muslim needs bodyguards http://www.vpro.nl/metropolis In Israel we meet Sana, a muslima and lawyer who needs two bodyguards just to get to work in Jeruzalem. Since the rise of IS, l...

36 year-old ex-criminal Gilson from Brazil keeps his life on track thanks to Favela tourism. In his birthplace Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro he runs his own business and gives curious tourist a tour trough his - increasingly becoming safer - neighbourhood.

Favela tourism brings future in Brazil In Brazil only 30% of ex-convicts stay on the right track after being released. Luckily, 36 year-old Gilson is one of them. In his birthplace Santa Marta, Ri...

In Rio de Janeiro the police sends a special task force when patrolling for drug-related activity in the favelas. The so-called BOPE agents are not only equipped with shells and bullet-proof vests. Germano and his colleagues also drive around in cars clad in armor to protect themselves against violent drug lords.

Elite squad on a hunt for drugs in Rio The Brazilian government is enforcing the law and restoring order in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The heavily armed elite squad BOPE is looking for drug barons in the slums. "Earlier, the drug dealers were ruling these neighborhoods. But the area still isn’t completely clean," says BOPE officer Ge…