Yazidi men whose wives and children were abducted by ISIL are struggling to cope with the uncertainty of their fates.


Yazidi men whose wives and children were abducted by ISIL are struggling to cope with the uncertainty of their fates.

Religious and ethnic minorities feel the consequences of growing intolerance as mosques and asylum centres are targeted.

Dutch citizens joining ISIL and far-right rhetoric are cited as factors fueling assaults on Muslim houses of worship.
![More than one-third of the Netherlands' 475 mosques have experienced at least one incident of vandalism [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/20141226132451324734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Anti-Moroccan comments made by Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders spark defections, outrage and mass protests.
![Far right Freedom party leader Geert Wilders faces storm of protest over anti-Moroccan comments [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014324111951315734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Amnesty International says government forces are responsible for “a shocking catalogue of abuses” in secret jails.
![Rebel fighters have also been implicated in torturing detainees as the civil war continues [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/20131225114644443734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Facing a worsening atmosphere in Egypt, many Syrians are setting off on an uncertain voyage to Europe.
![About 128,000 Syrians are registered as living in Egypt [Brenda Stoter/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013123114112995734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Girls as young as 14 are being married off, fearing attacks in the world’s second-largest refugee camp.
![Weddings in the Za'atari refugee camp do not need permission from the Jordanian state [Brenda Stoter/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2013111014309376734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Mass arrests and jail without charge hark back to Hosni Mubarak’s rule, protesters say.
![Army Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (L) and interim-Prime Minister Hazem el-Beblawi [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013106632611734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
About 50,000 Syrians, mostly Kurds, have fled to the Domiz camp in northern Iraq as violence rages at home.

As the Kurdistan Workers’ Party withdraws its fighters from Turkey, relatives hope to be reunited with their loved ones.
![A Kurdish mother tells Al Jazeera she wants her child to return safe after fighting for the PKK [Marielle Van Uitert/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/2013514153117406734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)