Editor’s Note: Imam Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies at Southern Methodist University. The opinions ...
This week, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters marched to the World Trade Center site in New York City, shouting "Allahu akbar" and "Free Palestine," while holding up signs that accused President ...
Attackers in Paris and Mali shouted the phrase “Allahu akbar” before firing shots and killing people. “Allahu akbar” translates simply to “God is greater.” Muslims explain how misuse of the phrase has ...
When reports first surfaced that the man who mowed down pedestrians and cyclists near the World Trade Center memorial in New York City on Tuesday yelled "Allahu akbar" afterward, Wajahat Ali felt a ...
Muslim Hajj pilgrims touch the Kaaba’s wall and pray at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Aug. 18. (Sedat Suna/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Khaled A. Beydoun is ...
The Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar", shouted by the Fort Hood killer Major Nidal Malik Hasan before he opened fire, is known as the takbir and is used by Muslims to express a wide range of emotions. 06 ...
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Venice's controversial mayor has declared that anyone shouting "Allahu akbar" in the city's famous St Mark's Square will be shot "after three steps". Luigi Brugnaro also said the Italian city was ...