Islamic scholarship gave rise to some of the world’s earliest educational institutions such as the House of Wisdom in Baghdad. Wikimedia Commons/CPT photo, CC BY-SA There is nothing in Islam that ...

BOSTON - After a landlord was convicted of pushing her Muslim tenant down a flight of stairs, a judge ordered her to respect the rights of all Muslims and to take an introductory course on Islam. Now ...

Off a highway in central Connecticut is the mosque with a 400-student Muslim Sunday school. More guards are on patrol these days. And for the older students in the transition class, talking about ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pakistan's Swat valley is quiet once again. Often compared to Switzerland for its stunning landscape of mountains and ...

Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich visits with a couple during a June 27 Catholic-Muslim dinner in Bridgeview, Ill. A Georgetown University research group found Catholic perceptions of Islam can tend ...

Welcome to Rome. Pope Francis greets Syrian refugees he brought to Rome from the Greek island of Lesbos, at Ciampino airport on April 16, 2016. A recent study from The Bridge Initiative found that the ...

They are best friends who love basketball, roller coasters and the same television shows. They would rather talk, preferably to each other, than read. Both dream of becoming doctors. And for ...

The apparently increasing number of hujra, clandestine religious classrooms, in Uzbekistan indicates a growing need for formal religious education that is not attainable for many at present. Local ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. We ask Allah to open your heart to ...

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the spiritual and political head of IS, is a clever theologian and Qur’anic artisan. EPA/Islamic State Video Currently, Islamic radicalism and terrorism occupy much of the media, ...