By the mid-20th century, with the rise of figures like Sayyid Qutb and the Muslim Brotherhood, Islamism was fully recast as a distinct ideology, a supposed perversion of Islam that sought to impose ...

Dr. Basem Hamid speaks during the noon prayer service at the Medical Center Islamic Society Houston Masjid on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, in Houston. Dr. Hamid fully denounced the attack in New Orleans and ...

The Pew report reveals how religious disaffiliation and population growth have influenced the global religious landscape. Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously ...

The phrase, meaning “Happy Ramadan,” is frequently used during the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, a time when fasting, prayer and reflection are heavily prioritized. Ramadan, one of the most ...

The flashlight in my hand was pointed at the damp branches ahead of me as I watched them sway to the cool whims of Brother Wind. “This is stupid,” I thought to myself. An instructor had woken me up ...

Here’s a great interview by Razib Khan with Shadi Hamid, the Egyptian-American Muslim writer. I love this excerpt: As for Christianity, I thought about it intellectually, but I didn’t think about it ...

The Nigerian entertainment industry has witnessed numerous high-profile celebrities embracing the Islamic religion and ...

While both have significantly shaped the nation’s identity, which of these religions came first? Historical evidence clearly shows that Islam was the first major religion to arrive in what is now ...

Empires rarely describe themselves as empires. Muslims don’t see their faith this way either. The reason is that Muslim see themselves as not inheriting their imperial past as “empire,” but as a ...

State Rep. Salman Bhojani also expects legal action so Muslim private schools can participate in the state’s voucher program.

Osama bin Laden, the world’s most notorious terrorist, has handed Muslims everywhere their worst public-relations nightmare: September 11 as a picture, an embodiment, of Islam. Muslims now have to ...