Description: An Introduction to Islam, provides students with a thorough, unified and topical introduction to the global religious community of Islam. In addition, the author's extensive field work, ...

For much of my childhood in India, the sound of the adhan – the Muslim call to prayer broadcast from the minaret of a mosque – was what I heard upon waking each morning. In the shared religious life ...

WXYZ television station, owned by The E.W. Scripps Company, produced a series exploring the lives of Muslims in metro Detroit. Over several weeks and through a number ...

In this column the professor continues his series of religious dietary laws. This week: Islam. Before discussing Islamic dietary law, it is helpful to recall how Islamic law actually works. Over the ...

Islamic banking is banking based on Islamic law (Shariah). It follows from the Quran and the Sunnah, and other secondary sources of Islamic law such as opinions collectively agreed among Shariah ...

Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, ...

Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. In fact, it’s projected that by the end of the century, there will be more Muslims than Christians in the population. It's not easy to explain an ...