THE ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER has undertaken a heroic and important task: getting reporters to think about religion. A few years ago a bunch of journalists and I were flown up to Maine to learn ...
Under the Wahhabi interpretation—an austere, literalist sect of Islam associated with the 18th century preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and the Saudi royal family—crimes such as blasphemy and ...
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — More than 40 Soldiers deployed to Camp Arifjan and Camp Buehring, Kuwait participated in cultural awareness training on Nov. 17, 2021. The religious affairs specialists and ...
What is Islamic State, exactly, and what’s the best strategy to destroy it? Buckle up. Congress is finally approaching an overdue and surely contentious debate on whether to give American presidents ...
WASHINGTON (RNS) "Please stop calling them the 'Islamic State,' because they are not a state and they are not religious," said Ahmed Bedier, a Muslim and the president of United Voices of America.
Director of Muhammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilisation at the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) Dr. Aisha Yusuf Al Mannai stressed that the holy month of Ramadan is ...
During Elena Kagan’s confirmation hearings, conservatives accused Kagan of being sympathetic to imposition of strict, Taliban-style Islamic law in the United States because an Islamic-finance study ...
Real estate is universal. We all need buildings to live, work, and play in. But the industry of real estate differs depending on geography, law, culture, and customs. One clear example of this is how ...
With 1.2 billion followers, Islam is the world’s fastest growing religion—but also its most misunderstood. Karen Armstrong, a scholar and former nun, tries to correct some of the stereotypes in her ...