There have been several books published recently touting the historical contributions of Islamic scholars to the early history of science (in the Middle Ages), but fewer assessing the relationship ...

In the wake of last month’s attacks in Beirut, Baghdad, Sinai, and Paris, and this month’s in San Bernardino, commentators are revisiting the debates earlier this year about whether the Islamic State ...

In the hours after Omar Mateen’s June 12 attack on the Orlando, Florida, nightclub Pulse, digital journalists flooded social media with various memes and tweets designed to shut down debate over ...

What single quality is most needed from outsiders of the Islamic faith to better understand the Islam religion, its beliefs, culture and world views? “Patience,” replied Imam Mongy Elquesny, leader of ...

Sharia in Arabic means “the way,” and does not refer to a body of law. Sharia is more accurately understood as referring to wide-ranging moral and broad ethical principles drawn from the Quran and the ...

CAIRO — Islamist extremists behead Western journalists in Syria, massacre thousands of Iraqis, murder 132 Pakistani schoolchildren, kill a Canadian soldier and take hostage cafe patrons in Australia.