With the passing of Pope Francis, the world is reflecting on a pontificate marked by bold outreaches, including to the Islamic world, which was rooted in fraternity, humility, and a deep commitment to ...

Islam grew faster than any other major religious group globally from 2010 to 2020, according to estimates released on Monday from Pew Research Center, a U.S.-based think tank. Over the period, the ...

Over the past decade, the ideaology of Islam has become the subject of controversy, but most people only have a superficial knowledge of this complex school of thought. Before one can knowledgeably ...

Canadian thinker Jordan Peterson has argued that much of the Muslim-majority world remains trapped in what he bluntly describes as “authoritarian hellholes,” estimating that around 40 of roughly 50 ...

Israel has emerged as the most vocal advocate for the Iranian people, while the much-touted Islamic "Ummah" watches the ...

While Christians remained the world’s largest religious group at the end of the decade that ended in 2020, Christianity’s growth did not keep up with global population increase. But Islam — the ...

Medieval Authors on the Mongols -- The Islamic World and Inner Asian Peoples down to the Mongol Invasion -- The Mongol Westward Advance (1219-53) -- Apportioning and Governing an Empire (c. 1221-c.

(RNS) — The book pushes back on stereotypes of Muslim women being oppressed and subservient, and instead highlights stories of prominent rulers who influenced Islamic civilization. (RNS) — In “Queens ...

Alcohol can be found in every culture, civilization and country. That’s why the subject — and substance — fascinates University of Delaware history professor Rudi Matthee, author of Angels Tapping at ...

A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims make up the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though it ...