JERUSALEM, ISRAEL––According to a news release issued by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, an international […] ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

Who were the most important thinkers of the Islamic world during the Middle Ages? While there would be too many to include in ...

New research has revealed that the cosmological model developed by Nicolaus Copernicus, the renowned European Renaissance ...

Inside Iran, meanwhile, the regime has stepped up repression of women’s rights campaigners, ethnic minorities, and civil society groups. Amnesty International and other watchdogs have recorded a surge ...

In Islam, the donation of land for religious use is a form of philanthropy known as waqf, and it’s central to the faith. A new law that just passed in India gives the government more control over the ...

The major world religions emerged between approximately 600 BCE and 611 CE, with Judaism being the first, followed by Christianity and concluding with Islam, ...

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan saw the highest number of militant attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in a decade, a think tank reported Monday. Some militant groups previously paused ...

(AP video by Shlomo Mor) The bodies of 4-year-old Hasan Abu Sultan, left, and his sisters Dana,10, center, and Habeba, 7, right, lie on the floor at the hospital awaiting for burial preparation on the ...

A Muslim content creator has shed light on the significance of Eid for those who might not be familiar with this major Islamic event. Eid is a pivotal holiday in the Muslim calendar, observed ...

British professor Daniel Newman, an expert in erotology and sexuality in the medieval Muslim world, explores Arabic erotological literature in his book The Sultan’s Sex Potions (2014). In it, he notes ...