Yesterday, on a warm afternoon at Governor’s Island, the richest man in New York cried. Mayor Michael Bloomberg, usually stoic, showed rare emotion in a stirring defense of Park51, the proposed ...

Our Islamic centers were mostly more of a spiritual space where people came to pray, ... where I speak about Islam and how our faith is being hijacked by two extreme wings.

GOLDEN — The Islamic Center of Golden estimates that 80 percent of the Muslims who come to its mosque are Colorado School of Mines students, and that has led to an increase in community ...

About 15 years ago, a dozen or so leaders in the Vermont Islamic community had a dream. They envisioned a center where members of the faith could come together to pray, socialize and learn.

So space was an organizing principle for me, but I quickly realized that this had to be combined with ritual. ... Many of us also, rightly or wrongly, still think about Islam as an Arab faith.

“Here is the shahada, the Islamic statement of faith, written in Arabic. In the space below, try copying it by hand. This should give you an idea of the artistic complexity of calligraphy ...

Augusta County, Virginia, schools shut on sheriff’s concerns about angry calls and emails over a world religion homework assignment on Islam at Riverheads High.

We must talk about Islam: A faith that affects everyone should be susceptible to critique by all A new documentary gets the Charlie Hebdo aftermath wrong: Freedom of expression is at stake for us all ...

Imam El-Farouk Khaki co-founded Toronto's first LGBTQ-friendly mosque, Unity Mosque, 10 years ago to allow lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Muslims to attend prayers without having to ...