Islamic Studies is a vibrant, multidisciplinary field that examines the religious, historical, cultural and intellectual dimensions of Islam. This area of scholarship spans classical textual analysis, ...

(RNS) — A new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population shows Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated. Though ...

Muslims are the fastest-growing faith group, followed by the religiously unaffiliated, according to a new Pew Research Center study measuring the evolution of the global religious population between ...

Professor Abdulaziz Abdulhussein Sachedina, one of the most influential contemporary Muslim scholars and intellectuals, passed away at the age of 83 earlier this week.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Denise A. Spellberg, a professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, headlined the ...

The predominance and use of social media for sacred and secular purposes have made it imperative to understand the role of social media in people’s religious motives and life. Therefore, grounded in ...

Much of the world today follows the Gregorian solar calendar, which has its origins in medieval Western Christianity. Conversely, the Islamic calendar or hijrī, is a lunar calendar. There are 12 ...

Sachedina was regarded as one of the most influential contemporary scholars of Islam. Born to a Shia family of Indian ...

There have been numerous calls recently for a better understanding of religion. Of course, many of those were heard after September 11, 2001, when it became clear how little most Americans know of ...