In Islam, learning is something very special . It is not just something you do at school or only when you have homework .

Seventh-grader Zahir Hameed says many students don’t have a problem with him. But there’s one kid who calls him names. “He just calls me 'stupid' and 'idiot,' and he just acts like I’m about to bomb ...

From Swiss waterfalls to the depths of Antarctica. Sana Ullah didn't know that praying in a Macy's dressing room would one day connect her to Muslims around the world. "We go in the 'prayer room' and ...

The story of Rabia al-Basri is one that Muslim kids learn early. She ran through her hometown of Basra, Iraq, with a torch in one hand and a bucket of water in the other. When townspeople asked her ...

For believers, the holy month is about much more than fasting. It's a time for reflection and compassion — to give to the less fortunate, gather with community to break the daily fasts, and pray.

(RNS) The Muslim prayer room at Hiba Siddiqi's public Texas high school was not only tolerated by her fellow students, it was a tangible lesson in religious tolerance. (RNS) The lucky firstborn of two ...

Lubana Adi stood along Wilshire Boulevard on Saturday night, her young children at her side, clasping a poster affixed with a photo of an armed soldier standing in front of a boy. Her sign read: ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim ...

Members of Masjid An-Noor, the mosque connected to The Islamic School of Miami in West Kendall, pray on Friday to commemorate Ramadan, which begins this weekend and the holiest month of the year in ...

Minneapolis allows call to prayer to be publicly broadcast five times per day. Kerem Yucel/AFP via Getty Images Minneapolis recently became the first major U.S. city to allow the “adhan,” or Muslim ...