TRUE: Students in a Massachusetts school were taught an Islamic creed (Shahada) as part of a social studies lesson on Islam. FALSE: Students in that school were forced to recite the Shahada and ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Imam Bilal Hazziez and journalist Sara Jawhari are more than a decade apart in age, but have much in common when it comes to matters of faith. About this series: We are exploring ...

Muslims do not use statues or pictures to help them focus on worship as they believe this can lead to worshipping idols (false gods). All praise is Allah’s alone, the Lord of the World … You alone do ...

My husband and I went to see the movie “War Room” over the Labor Day weekend. “War Room” is a faith-based movie about the power of prayer. Hollywood movie critics were surprised at how well the movie ...

Rose S. Aslan does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no ...

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of the Worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. Whoever travels in a lawful journey ...

How does a disabled person pray? What happens if a disabled person forgets prayer lines or jumbles these up? Does the Divine accept a disabled prayer? What if a person is immobile or bed ridden? What ...