Lailat Al Miraj, known as the “Night of Ascension,” is an Islamic holy day that commemorates the journey the Prophet Muhammad ...

In my courses on early Islam and the life of Muhammad, I teach to the amazement of my students that there are few pre-modern historical figures that we know more about than we do about Muhammad. The ...

On the Last Hajj -- called Farewell Pilgrimage -- Prophet Muhammad stood among 100,000 faithful followers on Mount Arafat making his last will and testament. His message was being echoed to the entire ...

The film — about the daughter of the Prophet Muhammad — sparked headlines in the U.K. after it was pulled from cinemas following several protests by Muslim groups. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Attorneys for an adjunct art professor said Tuesday she is suing the Minnesota university that dismissed her after a Muslim student objected to depictions of the prophet Muhammad in ...

While the Buraq is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran, descriptions of it can be found in Ibn Ishaq’s 18th-century ...

(RNS) – In his new book, “Muhammad: 40 Introductions,” Michael Muhammad Knight gives a crash course in the multiplicity of ways Muslims have historically imagined and remembered the Prophet Muhammad ...

The organization says the Minnesota teacher should be thanked for educating Muslim and non-Muslim students in "a critically empathetic manner.” The prophet Muhammad in the cave of Hira, page from a ...

The Asia Society said the two images should not have been blurred, though it recognizes the need to display them in context since many Muslims object to depictions of Muhammad as sacrilegious. By ...

The artworks are included in the current show, 'Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds.' “Comparative Hell: Arts of Asian Underworlds,” installation view at the Asia Society and Museum, New York.

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments and news sources to provide the most accurate and helpful advice to the world's population, as the disease is indeed global in reach. Health care ...

Stockholm — The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog's body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident ...