This article is an attempt to highlight the basic tenets and beliefs in Islam. Sometimes, people may use religion to justify their actions, whether it is permissible within the religion or not, so it ...

Long-standing Christian narratives about Islam continue to inform political language, argues a sociologist of Islam.

There’s standing room only in a converted warehouse in the decaying industrial hinterland north of central Paris. It’s mid-October, just days after the first U.S. bombs fell on Afghanistan, and the ...

“God fight them,” wrote Mohammed in the holy Koran. “What liars they are.” Mohammed meant Christians and Jews, whom he had expected to accept his new vision. When they did not respond, he took to the ...

When Prophet Muhammad PBUH proclaimed his religion as Islam, he never spoke in exclusive terms. He felt proud to be among the descendants of Abraham (Peace be upon him) who stood for the purity of ...

No amplified calls to prayer echo across Lima during Ramadan, and the city’s daily routines continue largely uninterrupted. In Peru’s sprawling capital of 11 million, the rhythms of work, traffic and ...

Motherhood is greatly romanticized. Mothers are expected to spend every moment nurturing their child and to love every moment of being with their child. Islam paints a more realistic picture of ...

Actor Chahatt Khanna has spoken candidly about her views on religion, her past conversion to Islam, and the personal journey ...