A trial has opened in Paris over allegations that controversial Swiss Islamic scholar and preacher Tariq Ramadan raped three ...

An Islamic scholar in the eyes of Nigerian media is a man of many colours. This is because the media has not got semantic filters to separate criminals from clerics. It is more newsworthy if the man ...

CAIRO — Muslim clerics said Monday that Osama bin Laden’s burial at sea was a violation of Islamic tradition that may further provoke militant calls for revenge attacks against American targets.

Aminu Gamawa wants to change the way Islamic scholars think about health care. He's a Harvard-trained lawyer who lives in Nigeria, where maternal and child health are major concerns. According to ...

The conference, which will conclude on April 14, has been organised by Dubai Auqaf and Islamic Affairs Department under the patronage of Shaikh Hamdan bin Rahshid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and ...

BOGOR, Indonesia – Muslim scholars from three countries have issued an edict saying that violent extremism and terrorism, including suicide attacks, are against Islamic principles, in an effort to ...

Free-thinking bloggers in some Muslim countries face criminal prosecution and even death for expressing their ideas. There are Islamic scholars who say this is a distortion of what Islam teaches. Some ...

Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial - as with many issues within the faith - a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard ...