Even when their families allow them to visit mosques, many mosques do not provide separate spaces for women, which further limits their participation. The question, then, is not whether women belong ...

AS the twentieth sunset of Ramadan slowly disappears beyond the horizon, a quiet yet profound shift begins to take place in ...

As we pray the Lord’s Prayer in humility and openness to inspiration, we find immediate help. An article inspired by this week’s Bible lesson from the Christian Science Quarterly.

From religious gatherings to political rallies, rising noise levels highlight the widening gap between regulation and ...

The mosque serves as a symbol of Sultan Mahmud II’s political and military reforms, reflecting the social and administrative ...

When there is room in the synagogue for all the worshippers, and there is no significant principled reason to establish an ...

Pastor David Nasser describes his family's harrowing 1979 escape from Iran and prayers for Iranians.

People who live in the American South continue to be more religious, on average, than residents of the Midwest, Northeast and West.

Jesus Himself fasted in the wilderness for forty days before launching His ministry (Matthew 4:1–2). His example reminds us that fasting is preparatory. Mountains are often encountered after ...

From candles that drop metal nails to the knocker uppers of industrial Britain, people devised plenty of cunning tricks to ensure a timely wake-up before alarm clocks came along.

Built in 1778 by Sultan Abdulhamid I in honor of his mother Rabia Sultan and restored after a 1983 fire, the mosque continues to stand as a ...

In the Sermon in the Mount Jesus gave his listeners an example of how to pray, and today this prayer is probably the most known one in the world: The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4).