No one knows what the Prophet Muhammad looks like. From historical sources, we can reasonably surmise he was an Arab male, but that’s such a broad category as to say almost nothing about his physical ...

An Egyptian Sufi Muslim practices ritualized Zikr (invocation) to celebrate Mawlid an-Nabi, or the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Jan. 3, 2015. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Muslims generally ...

At its heart, Mawlid is a time of remembrance: Muslims reflect on the life and character of the Prophet, his mercy, justice and compassion, through extra prayers, readings from the Qur’an and the ...

Since the advent of Islam, more than fourteen centuries ago, its opponents have spared no effort to enshroud its Prophet’s character with doubts, drawing a deformed image of him to slander his ...

(RNS) — An instructor at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, showed a 14th-century painting of Muhammad. A Muslim student objected. The instructor was let go. (RNS) — A Minnesota university art ...

Turkish police have detained a cartoonist for Leman magazine over a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad greeting Prophet Moses in a war zone. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya announced on X that ...

The French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo republished controversial caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on Wednesday to mark the start of a trial more than five years after its offices were attacked ...

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