The Islamic Revolution of 1979 brought seismic changes to Iran, not least for women. One area that has come under scrutiny is the way women dress and wear their hair - the old Shah, in the 1930s ...

Jacques Jomier attributes this phenomenon to the way Islam moves through the world: Islam is like a clear stream, with well defined characteristic, which is the same everywhere. But the soil over ...

The word 'Islam' in Arabic means submission to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. Muslims believe there is one true God Allah (the Arabic word for God). Muslims believe that ...

Ten years ago, Muhammad Syed became an ex-Muslim. Born in the US, he grew up in Pakistan believing "100 per cent" in Islam. "You don't encounter doubt," he says. "Everyone around you believes it." ...

Why Is Islam the Fastest Growing Religion? According to a 2017 report by the Pew Research Center, this phenomenon is rooted ...

This analysis of IS-K was published in 2018 and is not being updated. For a more recent analysis of Islamic State Khorasan from the Transnational Threats Project, please click here. Islamic State ...

In an operation last month, Iraqi forces and American troops killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent ...

Between 2014 and 2016, IS gained international media attention for its campaign to establish a so-called Islamic caliphate in Iraq and Syria. The group recruited men and women from over 80 ...

An Islamic or halal mortgage doesn’t charge interest, allowing Muslims and others a Sharia-compliant way of raising finance to buy a property. While often referred to as Islamic mortgages ...

ANKARA, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have arrested an Islamic State militant believed to be involved in planning an attack on the Santa Maria Italian Church in Istanbul earlier this ...