An Egyptian Sufi Muslim practices ritualized Zikr (invocation) to celebrate Mawlid an-Nabi, or the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Jan. 3, 2015. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Muslims generally ...

While the Buraq is not explicitly mentioned in the Quran, descriptions of it can be found in Ibn Ishaq’s 18th-century ...

For many Muslims in Britain, this weekend will mark a time of celebration. They will join other members of the Islamic faith around the world in marking the birthday of Prophet Muhammad. Mawlid is ...

Since the advent of Islam, more than fourteen centuries ago, its opponents have spared no effort to enshroud its Prophet’s character with doubts, drawing a deformed image of him to slander his ...

During his lifetime, the Prophet, , moved and traveled extensively through the Arabian Peninsula and ancient Syria, as a worshipper, a caller to Allah The Almighty, a migrant, conqueror, commander, ...

Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The BBC News website looks at why the depictions have caused such offence. What does ...

No one knows what the Prophet Muhammad looks like. From historical sources, we can reasonably surmise he was an Arab male, but that’s such a broad category as to say almost nothing about his physical ...