Extreme drought helped bring about the emergence of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula, according to a new study conducted by an international team of experts. The team, led by Professor Dominik Fleitmann ...

WASHINGTON – Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — A June PeaceTech Lab report found that recent converts to Islam in East Africa are prone to be recruitment targets by violent extremist groups such as the Islamic State and ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy has hosted 2 events in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first program was a 2014 Forum. Most appearances with Radwan A. Masmoudi (2).

A new study published by UNHCR in cooperation with Naif Arab University and the Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) says Islam's 1,400-year-old tradition of generosity toward people fleeing ...

For the last three years, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has targeted the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, calling for a wave of deadly attacks from its supporters. Many responded, launching ...

NPR's Libby Lewis reports on the growing number of young American Muslims who travel abroad to study Islam. Some experts fear that the Islamic militants will try to recruit these American students for ...

A British government report summarizing a qualitative study to explore the nature of Muslim groups and related gang activity in three high security prisons has revealed a sub-group of Muslim prisoners ...