For many Americans, the face of Islam is the one currently staring at us from the front page, bearded and sullen. But there’s something drastically wrong with the picture that face presents. There are ...

Illustration of Fatimah Al-Fihri. Paintings of Middle Eastern Women by Jan Frans Portaels (1818-1895). Belgian School. TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - There are a number of women who have had a big influence on ...

Michael Cook, the Class of 1943 University Professor of Near Eastern Studies, has been awarded the Holberg Prize, a major international honor established by the Norwegian parliament to recognize ...

The Georgetown University department of Arabic and Islamic studies will inaugurate an Islamic studies minor beginning in the Fall 2025 semester, members of the department confirmed to The Hoya Feb. 13 ...

The gold-domed mosque of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib — named after the slain cousin and son-in-law of Islam’s prophet Muhammad — has been revered by the world’s 120 million Shiite Muslims as a place of ...

CAIRO (AP) — An online image released Wednesday purported to show the Islamic State affiliate in Egypt had beheaded a Croatian hostage. Here's a look at the Islamic State group's birth, its atrocities ...