Robert D. Kaplan is chief geopolitical analyst for Stratfor, a private global intelligence firm. He is the author of "The Revenge of Geography" and "Monsoon." Updated October 5, 2012, 2:46 PM ...

Wallace Fard Muhammad, the founder of the Black Muslim movement, concluded the tutorial of his designated successor, Elijah Muhammad, in 1934. That was the year Fard, who under the Nation of Islam ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...

William C. Fox. A Short History of Islam. Posted: June 12, 2025 | Last updated: June 14, 2025. Discover the key moments, teachings, and turning points in the rise of Islam.

Police released the founder of suspected Iraqi terrorist group Ansar al-Islam late Tuesday as Norwegian media reported that rival Kurds had forced some witnesses to testify against him. Mullah ...

The History and Practice of Islam on Earth and Beyond. Episode 10 | 11m 39s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Many Muslims believe it’s their religious duty to pray five times a day in the ...

In fact, Islam has a long history in America, going back to the earliest days of the country’s founding. In the past two-plus centuries, Islam and Muslim Americans have been intertwined with ...

Every 100 years in Islamic history, Khalidi observed, a renewer of faith – a mujaddid – would arise to breathe new life into the religion. ... Islam was invoked ‘from above’, ...

Q: Why does Islam ban images of its founder? A: The Quran does not specifically forbid images of the Prophet, but some point to a verse in which Abraham asks his people, “What are these images ...