ROME — Following last week’s online release of an audio message from the caliph of the Islamic State (ISIS), one specialist says the group’s understanding of Islam calls on all Muslims to re-evaluate ...

It's unclear whether a procedural victory for opponents of a controversial Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, will delay or permanently enjoin completion of a mosque, under construction since ...

Last week, I warned a House Homeland Security Subcommittee that Islamist pressure groups were making it impossible for my fellow Muslims to do the crucial work of reforming and liberalizing Islam.

Whatever happened to the Golden Age of Islam, when the Muslim world was the center of learning, mathematics, science, medicine, philosophy, art and architecture for six centuries (from 800 to 1400 AD) ...

There is an ongoing political and religious debate in the Western media about the true nature of Islam. Many today claim the word “Islam” means “peace,” and that Islam is therefore a religion of peace ...

When it comes to religious liberty for Americans, there's a disturbing trend that has drawn much less attention than wedding cakes and other issues. In recent years, state lawmakers, lawyers and ...

(The Conversation) — After its return to power in Afghanistan, the Taliban are again imposing their religious ideology, with restrictions on women’s rights and other repressive measures. They are ...

Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between ...

Much of the world today follows the Gregorian solar calendar, which has its origins in medieval Western Christianity. Conversely, the Islamic calendar or hijrī, is a lunar calendar. There are 12 ...