(The Conversation) — May 2023 marks 98 years since the birth of civil rights leader Malcolm X, formerly Malcolm Little. Malcolm X was a spokesperson for the Nation of Islam, or NOI, and helped to lead ...

NEW YORK — The PBS documentary “Islam: Empire of Faith” is billed as the Public Broadcasting Service’s first-ever program to address the history and culture of Islam, the religion claimed by nearly ...

Islam is one of the world’s largest religions—but its history is often misunderstood. This video provides a clear and concise ...

Shadi Hamid, author of Islamic Exceptionalism, argues many Muslims support a religious-dominated government, but that doesn't equal violence. Steve Inskeep talks to Hamid about Islam and democracy.

The religion may have transformed every corner of the globe, but it was also radically changed in the process By Hussein Omar Ferdinand and Isabella, the “most Catholic” rulers of Spain, didn’t back ...

(RNS) – 'In the narrative of American Islam, there's this complete omission of these black Muslim women who are so critical to its making,' says Sylvia Chan-Malik. (RNS) — Sylvia Chan-Malik never ...

In Islam, the historian chronicles the religion’s 1,400–year evolution through profiles of figures who showcase its diversity. Why is a new history of Islam particularly relevant now? Much of the ...

Frank Griffel, who is among the world’s leading scholars of Islamic intellectual history and philosophy, has been appointed the Louis M. Rabinowitz Professor of Religious Studies, effective ...

Empires rarely describe themselves as empires. Muslims don’t see their faith this way either. The reason is that Muslim see themselves as not inheriting their imperial past as “empire,” but as a ...

San DiegoSan Diego — People concerned about reports that the San Diego Unified School District plans to teach students about Islam but not Christianity might be surprised if they saw some world ...

Senior Religion + Ethics Editor, Director of the Global Religion Journalism Initiative For people who would like to learn more about Islam, The Conversation is publishing a series of articles, ...