According to Ali Banuazizi, understanding political Islam depends on finding a “middle way” between the extremes of a “clash of civilizations” approach, where Islam is seen as intrinsically political ...

The problem today is not that there is no one speaking on behalf of Islam, but that everyone with an opinion now speaks on behalf of Islam, and this confuses Muslims and non-Muslims alike. This is the ...

Recently, Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed by Egyptian reporter Sherif Awad. Their conversation follows: Awad: Can you tell us about your family and their profession and how and why they decided to ...

This program, presented on Dec. 6, 2015, explores historic and contemporary approaches to Islamic art, from perspectives both within and outside of Islam. The guiding concept of the program is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Shiite Muslim boy beats his chest with others in a ritual during a gathering in the mourning month of Muharram, in Peshawar, ...

LETTERS TO A YOUNG MUSLIM, by Omar Saif Ghobash. Picador, 244 pp., $22. Omar Saif Ghobash, the United Arab Emirates’ ambassador to Russia, is cultured, inquisitive and resolutely moderate when it ...

President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the nation to cultivate qualities of affection, forbearance, and tolerance by setting aside differences and playing a role in strengthening national unity and ...