Ask the average person what they know about Islam, they might say, “It is the religion of the Arabs” or “Jihad means holy war.” Some would even say that the Quran, Islam’s revealed text, “promises ...

On Sept. 9, I was giving an introductory lecture to my Religion 203 weekend seminar at Iona College. I began as usual with some definitions of some commonly heard terms used in the study of religion.

Nuredin Giayash wants you to read the Quran. Giayash knows there is a lot of controversy currently surrounding the Quran, but that, in his opinion, is why more people should read it.

From the Sahel to Afghanistan and the Middle East to Europe, jihad is used by many armed movements and Islamist terrorist groups to justify their use of violence. In Histoire du Djihad ("History of ...

Our knowledge of women’s place in pre-Islamic Arab society is limited, but the Quran evidently called for some improvements. It condemned, for instance, the live burial of unwanted newborn girls – and ...