"Islam" Blogs & Blog Posts

Penn State wrestler Aaron Brooks could have been another heartwarming story. He’d just won his third consecutive national title in the 184-pound division, he’s a devoted Christian and is brolic enough to take down a small polar bear, or at least...

The Intercept reports that Twitter and Youtube have both censored postings about a BBC documentary which exposes Indian premier Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat massacre of Muslims. Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at the Indian government's...

Origin stories are roots; roots can split and grow. Constructing a narrative about origin stories that concern splits, disagreements, and the consequences of root divisions is the intention of this new book about the genealogies and origins of Islam...

On Sunday, the Revolutionary Court in Tehran issued the first known death sentence to a person involved in Iran’s ongoing uprisings, Al Jazeera reports. The unnamed individual, who set fire to a government building, is being charged with “‘dist...

Since 9/11 in America, 7/7 in London, and the Charlie Hebdo mass shooting in France back in 2015, innocent Muslims worldwide endure prejudice and bigotry due to the actions of a violent minority within the faith. Although America and Britain struggle...

Over the weekend, thousands of people from all across Iran took to the streets for multiple days of protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died after being arrested by the country’s Islamic guidance patrol. Under the...

(Reuters) - The 1989 fatwa imposed by Iran's late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini on Salman Rushdie for his novel “the Satanic Verses” has haunted many liberal novelists and thinkers whose writings were also seen as insulting to Islam and the...