[An excerpt from Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today:] In June 2009, Barack Obama, early in his first term as President of the United States, ...

Iranian Shiite mourners during Ashura, the 10th day of Muharram, on July 6, 2025, in Tehran. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two ...

Australia has not yet worked out how Islamic authority fits into its public institutions. Until it does, debates about Islam will continue to oscillate between denial and suspicion, neither of which ...

The Varieties of Religious Therapy (VRT) blog series features representatives from twelve belief systems discussing how they integrate faith with their approach to psychotherapy. This installment is ...

I hope that my new book, Religious Freedom In Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today, may help to cool tempers in a culture war over Islam that has been taking place in ...

Hajj, or pilgrimage, is one of the basic foundations of Muslim beliefs and is one of the five pillars of Islam. Hajj takes place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. With the final month of the Islamic calendar, ...

The question is not whether Islam belongs in Australia. It’s how religious authority is situated in a society that values ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of a yearlong series profiling the varied ways people worship. The call to prayer, “Allahu Akbar” — God is Greatest — is delivered by a gray-robed man in a black ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni ...

Islam is a monotheistic religion based on revelations to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago which were recorded in the sacred Qur'an (Koran). The word islam in Arabic means "submission," reflecting ...