The militants leverage symbols from three sources -- the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam; the hadith, or sayings and traditions of the prophet Muhammad; and historical fatwas, or Islamic rulings ...

For non-Muslims, it is perhaps the most visible, and often most controversial, symbol of Islam. From Texas to Paris, it has gained new prominence and been at the center of workplace ...

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Not all Islamic traditions ban images of Mohammed, and some are pretty lax about pictures of lesser figures. ... You can find ancient art that uses symbols—like a tree, ...

According to Islamic tradition all that’s really needed for a building – or a simple prayer room -- to qualify as a mosque is a marker pointing the way toward Mecca.

In an apparent break with a nearly two-decades long bipartisan tradition, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined to host an event commemorating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, according ...

The papers were then published in two groundbreaking volumes: Cross, Crescent, and Sword: The Justification and Limitation of War in Western and Islamic Tradition (Greenwood Press, 1990), and Just ...