The return of the Taliban, a word meaning “students,” to control in Afghanistan marks the return of a top-down set of strict beliefs unlikely to evolve with the times, scholars who have studied the ...

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and messenger. We ...

What we are living through today, and what we are suffering from in our contemporary life, raises a bitter question: “Why do we suffer?” Yes, we do suffer—deeply and genuinely. Our Islamic ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somalia’s Islamic extremist rebels, Al-Shabab, attacked a bus in northern Kenya at dawn Saturday, singling out and killing 28 passengers who could not recite an Islamic creed and were ...

DUBAI, United Arab EmiratesDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia is inching toward changes that govern its national anthem and green flag, which is emblazoned with a sword and inscribed with ...