As the world grapples with myriad environmental problems, a growing number of studies shows the role of religion is key. Religion influences people’s worldviews, including how we think about nature ...

Shibley Telhami is Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and senior fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution. COLLEGE PARK, Md. — One of the most ...

(The Conversation) — Islamic views on abortion are based on diverse interpretations of what’s right and wrong when it comes to the body. This question really needs to be reframed, because it implies a ...

For nearly 4 million Muslims in the U.S. and many more around the world, Eid al-Adha marks one of the most important days of the year: the day that commemorates Prophet Ibraham's devotion and ...

The medieval English allegorical poem Piers Plowman described the birth of Islam as the result of a clever hoax. Muhammad, it asserted, was a former Christian who had made a failed attempt to become ...

HERE ARE SOME concepts that Islamic bankers in Southeast Asia like to throw around in their daily traverse between Mammon and mosque, and which might raise the collective eyebrows of the ...

For some writers who criticize Islam, bullet-proof glass, bodyguards, death threats and pseudonyms are a part of everyday life. The slaying a week ago of Dutch director Theo van Gogh, who directed a ...

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Islamic banking and finance is a system based on the principles of Shariah, or Islamic law, which, among many other things, prohibits the charging or paying of interest on loans and emphasizes ethical ...

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