Where the cella of the shrine of Baal Shamin once stood, only four columns now remain. And the remains of the Arch of Triumph, dating back to the era of Roman Emperor Severus in the third century, lie ...

Every religious group grew in count in the Middle East and North Africa – a Muslim-majority region – between 2010 and 2020, ...

Millions of Muslims are making a journey to Mecca for Hajj, the sacred pilgrimage and pillar of Islam-an act of submission to ...

Adha, a period of "communal enjoyment" for Muslims worldwide, has officially arrived. Here's what we've learned about the ...

Large numbers of Muslims converge once a year on Saudi Arabia to unite in a series of religious rituals and acts of worship ...

What motivated the smashing on April 23 of the main gate to Damascus’s historic Jewish cemetery and the digging of a pit disturbing the tomb of renowned mystic Rabbi Hayyim ben Joesph Vital? The desec ...

Number one, and the biggest, is that everything which enables Islamic militants and specifically ... came from a mixed Jewish-Christian background. He became ba'al teshuva (Jewishly observant ...

It is, without doubt, a forbidden act. Whichever way you look at it, it is undoubtedly prohibited in Islam and deemed a crime from any humane perspective. To try and justify this form of terrorism ...

Yet, this is also really about lightweight champion Islam Makhachev, who has his eyes on moving up to 170 pounds if Della Maddalena prevails in Quebec at UFC 315 on May 10. If that weren’t ...

That’s why the subject — and substance — fascinates University of Delaware history professor Rudi Matthee, author of Angels Tapping at the Wine-shop’s Door: A History of Alcohol in the Islamic World ...

Being only nine and six years old respectively, they faced extreme pressures to give up their beliefs and convert to Islam; however, the two children refused to budge on their faiths. Their ...