(THE CONVERSATION) Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni ...
(RNS) — Behind the inauguration festivities for a temple in India lurks a Hindu nationalist desire to eradicate Muslims. (RNS) — On Jan. 22, hundreds of thousands of Hindus in India will consecrate ...
The FINANCIAL — A third of the world’s 196 countries currently have national flags that include religious symbols, according to a new Pew Research analysis. Of the 64 countries in this category, about ...
Egypt's Azhar's Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb condemned on Sunday what he deemed as a "systematic campaign" against Islam that aims to involve Islamic symbols in political conflicts. In posts on ...
THE Jamiatul Ulama KwaZulu-Natal has issued guidelines encouraging mosques to moderate their use of loudspeakers during the early morning call to prayer (Fajr), balancing religious practice with ...
Wania Tayyab, 15, remembers the first time she wore the hijab, on a trip to Five Below when she was 12 or 13. “My mom said, ‘You’re growing, why don’t you try wearing hijab?’” Tayyab says she was ...