The flashlight in my hand was pointed at the damp branches ahead of me as I watched them sway to the cool whims of Brother Wind. “This is stupid,” I thought to myself. An instructor had woken me up ...

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Islam is the world’s most common state religion, but a recent Threads post claims Switzerland doesn’t even recognize it as an official faith. "Switzerland banned Hijab and no longer recognizes Islam ...

Do you know the feeling when you have a parent or relative that you keep at a distance for one reason or another, but then they become severely ill, and you can’t help but forget all your differences ...

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Thanksgiving reminds me that I am fortunate to be in a country where I can freely practice my faith. If I lived in Pakistan, as an Ahmadi Muslim, calling my religion Islam would be blasphemy and I ...

Like the dizzying speed with which events transpired in Afghanistan, so too has been the apoplectic invocation of terms used to describe the Taliban’s return to power. News outlets and commentators ...

As a father I know I can never be sure if my children are going to adopt my religious beliefs or not. I am praying that they would see the beauty in my religion, Islam, as much as I see it. But in the ...

While both have significantly shaped the nation’s identity, which of these religions came first? Historical evidence clearly shows that Islam was the first major religion to arrive in what is now ...

Allyson also disclosed that her quest for knowledge allowed her to be open minded about different religions. She added that ...

Osama bin Laden, the world’s most notorious terrorist, has handed Muslims everywhere their worst public-relations nightmare: September 11 as a picture, an embodiment, of Islam. Muslims now have to ...

An interview with Father Mario Alexis Portella, author of a book that examines what Muslims believe and how Islam is portrayed in the West. ABOVE: Benozzo Gozzoli, “Saint Francis Before the Sultan,” ...