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 ...

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 ...

Recently NFL pro-bowl running-back Arian Foster, of the Houston Texans, “came out” as a nonbeliever to ESPN Magazine. It was a bold move in a multibillion-dollar business where religion (mainly ...

In the latest episode of the emerging podcast show, The Real Talk Podcast, by Elizabeth Essuman, she delved into the enduring ...

In a series of conversations about Islam that I have been having with people from all across Pennsylvania, seven questions come up most often. The author is shown posing with several of the people who ...

Editor’s Note: Hana Ali is the third-youngest of Muhammad Ali’s nine children and the co-author, with her father, of “The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey,” his autobiography. My ...

In an age that is grappling with profound challenges — from geopolitical conflicts to rapid technological advancements — Muslims worldwide find themselves confronted by an unprecedented range of ...

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I warned the rabbis not to worry if they heard a lot of splashing in the mikveh, the ritual Jewish bath where I would immerse myself and say a prayer to mark my conversion to Judaism. At nine months ...

This story originally appeared on xoJane.com. I remember donning the hijab for the first time three years ago. I say it was the first time, but really it was one of many times that I had slipped it on ...

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 ...