Studying the Bible and the Quran side by side helps us understand that the two are fundamentally part of the same narrative tradition. The Open University will offer a course examining themes common ...

Islamophobia is a problem. Not only does it lack a nuanced perspective concerning lived Islam—in all its dizzying complexity—it also takes shape in both vitriolic rhetoric and physical violence ...

Six-pointed stars, in manuscripts of the eighth to the late 20th centuries, signify ‘a perfect man’ in the Islamic context.In the Muslim West this sign is known as Khatem i Sulaiman or Seal of Soloman ...

As the hijackers boarded the airplanes on Sept. 11, 2001, they had a lot on their minds. And if they were following instructions, one of those things was the Quran. In preparation for the suicide ...

1. The violent verses in the Bible were for a specific time and place; the violent verses in the Quran are spoken in general terms. In the Bible, God commanded Joshua to annihilate the Canaanites, ...

According to The Brookings Institution, Americans differentiate between "Muslim people" and the "Muslim religion." They tend to view Islam more unfavorably than they view people who practice this ...

Is there something inherently and distinctly violent about Islam compared to other major religions? Software developer OdinText Inc. used advanced data-mining technology to find the answer to that ...