In this introduction from his book, A Muslim Primer, Ira G. Zepp Jr. offers a short historical perspective to help readers understand why Westerners have ignored Islamic culture for so long, why the ...

A political campaign to whip up anti-Islamic sentiments in France has found a new highpoint in the fierce debate surrounding an article written by philosophy teacher Robert Redeker. Much of the French ...

An alt-right group rallied to condemn Islam only to be overwhelmed by a large group of Muslim activists determined to promote ...

Ansar al-Islam ("Supporters of Islam") was formed in December 2001, one of numerous small splinter factions in the region of northern Iraq that is controlled by ethnic Kurds, according to U.S.

In this lesson students will learn about the role of women in Islam as interpreted by various Muslim women. The lesson will help students understand the complicated role of women in Islam and become ...

Dogged by persistent but untrue rumors that he is a closet Muslim, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign carefully sidestepped questions about his Muslim ancestry. But in Cairo, Egypt, on June 4 Obama ...