In an interview with the Register, Sabatina James explains why assumptions about Islam and Christianity as being broadly similar faiths are dangerously misleading — and why understanding Sharia, jihad ...

The following is the first in a series of columns addressing the faith of Islam. Future installments will address specifically the issues of "jihad" and women in Islam. This is what President Bush, ...

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — More than 40 Soldiers deployed to Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait participated in cultural awareness training on Nov. 17, 2021. The religious affairs specialists and ...

I often suspect that pundits who deliver their ideological quips regarding my faith do not have much in the way of direct experience nor understanding when it comes to this tender subject. The purpose ...

Under the Wahhabi interpretation—an austere, literalist sect of Islam associated with the 18th century preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Saudi royal family—crimes such as blasphemy and ...

Cleveland, US – Ayman Alkayali is no stranger to feeling like a foreigner. Ayman’s parents were born in Palestine: his mother in Jaffa and his father in Ramla. During the nakba, the family was forced ...

There are more than 1 billion people on this planet who are followers of the religion of Islam. The problem is that we have such limited understanding of what Muslims believe and who they are. It is ...

Islamic Fundamentalism: Though usually attributed to the beliefs of modern-day extremist movements in Islam, Islamic Fundamentalism (in the political context), is basically a firm belief in the ...

With 1.2 billion followers, Islam is the world's fastest growing religion--but also its most misunderstood. Karen Armstrong, a scholar and former nun, tries to correct some of the stereotypes in her ...

A book looks at the diversity of the almost six million Muslims in the U.S. In Knoxville he roomed with another outgoing engineering major who, like Saied, came from a highly educated Indian family.