Islam

The shrines of Imam Husayn and his brother Aba Fadl Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, 2022.
Sacred Nation
‘I can get close to God’: Millions from around the globe participate in religious Arbaeen walk in Iraq
Clothes are on display at the Mar Design tailor shop in central St. Louis in northern Senegal.
Lifestyle & Belief
Muslims in Senegal prepare for Eid al-Adha celebrations
This year's Eid stamp design released by Canada Post.
Lifestyle & Belief
Canada unveils a first-of-a-kind Eid stamp this year
The ambiance of the Bab al-Yemen restaurant in Boston adds to a unique dining experience for customers, Apr. 12, 2023.
Lifestyle & Belief
At Boston’s first Yemeni restaurant, food, community and tradition are on the menu this Ramadan
A Virgin Mary statue in a public square in France
Sacred Nation
The state of religion in France
Students gather to take a group picture during the library repat the University of Mosul in front of the theatre on Feb. 19, 2022.
Culture
After years of conflict and rebuilding, Mosul University’s Central Library marks new beginning  
A semazen leans his head back while turning during a sema ritual at the Irfan Civilization Research and Culture Center in Konya, Turkey.
Sacred Nation
Turkey’s ‘whirling dervishes’ strive to keep the practice sacred amid tourist demand
Two rows of wooden pews are shown with several people standing while a priest is at the front of the church.
Sacred Nation
Two years after revolution, Christians in Sudan evaluate gains
A large crowd od people are shown outside of the tan-colored Grand Mosque with a man selling beaded jewelry in the nearground.
Sacred Nation
After the revolution, a secular Sudan?
Muslims pray in a mosque during celebrations of Eid al-Fitr holiday, a feast celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in Grozny, Russia, on Thursday, May 13, 2021.
Religion
The world celebrates Eid — including some of The World’s listeners
A Catholic church in Barcelona's Old City is opening its doors to Muslims during Ramadan for the nightly iftar meal. 
Sacred Nation
This medieval Catholic church in Spain hosts iftar meals during Ramadan 
Supporters of Rizieq Shihab, leader of the Islam Defenders Front, confront police officers during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec. 18, 2020. Hundreds of protesters marched in Indonesia's capital on Friday to demand the release of the firebrand cleric w
Sacred Nation
Indonesia outlaws one of the world’s largest vigilante groups
Pilgrims are shown from above around the cube-like Kaaba in Mecca walking on specified lines and carrying colored umbrellas.
Religion
PHOTOS: Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus
The large dome of the UNESCO World Heritage site Hagia Sophia is shown from above at a distance.
Religion
Turkey’s president formally makes Haghia Sophia a mosque
An aerial Muslims attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of a housing estate next to the small BBC community center and mosque in east London, Britain, July 10, 2015.
Religion
How coronavirus is changing the way Muslims celebrate Ramadan
Wajahat Ali speaks onstage at SXSW in Austin, Texas, March 11, 2018.
Religion
Wajahat Ali on maintaining one’s faith through crises
A police officer wears a face mask to prevent contracting coronavirus, as Muslim pilgrims pray at Kaaba in the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 27, 2020.
Saudi Arabia imposes travel ban to Mecca over coronavirus
Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world descend upon Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.
Religion
Politics complicate the hajj spiritual journey for some Muslims
Instagram
Indonesia’s newest Gen Z craze? Marrying someone you’ve never even dated.
A decapitated religious statue
Religion
This region of Indonesia was known for its religious harmony. Now, Catholics face growing intolerance.
A woman is shown from behind wearing a black hijab walking through the middle of a street.
Religion
Sri Lanka bans face veils after terrorist attacks
A man walks by a large banner that reads "Muslims condemn the senseless killings of innocent Christians at worship in their churches and celebrating Easter Sunday. There's no place in Islam for extremists."
Extremism
Muslims in Sri Lanka say they feel targeted after bombings
A photo taken overhead shows dozens of Muslims praying in a mosque
Conflict
‘It feels like it happened right here,’ says one American Muslim
Two witnesses wearing black hats speak to a police officer who is holding a rifle.
Conflict & Justice
New Zealand mosque shootings kill 49 in terrorist attack
Young boys wearing white robes and caps stand behind green flag with Arabic script.
Religion
The world’s largest Islamic group wants Muslims to stop saying ‘infidel’
Conflict
The group behind Nairobi’s recent terror attack recruits young people from many faiths. Officials can’t stop it.
A man sits on a couch in his living room.
Global Politics
‘Maybe we need more God in prisons’ to curb radicalization, says one former extremist
A sunset with the silhouette of a mosque and man approaching
Immigration Rewind
How 16 Americans found family, faith and their immigrant roots — generations after their parents left their homelands
French police check identity cards of two women for wearing full-face veils
Justice
French ban on full-face Islamic veil violates human rights, says UN
hosay
How an ancient Islamic holiday became uniquely Caribbean
A muslim pilgrim climbs Mount Al-Noor
Religion
Middle Eastern conflicts leave prices high as hajj gets underway
A man sits behind a desk
The town that doesn’t vote: Pakistan’s Ahmadis say forced to abstain
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache and Interior Minister Herbert Kickl attend a news conference in Vienna, Austria, June 8, 2018.
Conflict
Austria plans to shut down mosques, expel foreign-funded imams
Author Asne Seierstad
Books
The journey of two sisters into the Syrian jihad, and a father’s efforts to rescue them
Arts, Culture & Media
Qawwali
Arts, Culture & Media
The 99
Arts, Culture & Media
Taqwacores
shukor in space
Islam and the cosmos
Full Episode
Two men sit on sofa with large books in laps, pointing at texts and talking
Conflict
How hate and debate came to a Connecticut mosque
A Sufi dancer celebrating the holy month of Ramadan in Tripoli, Lebanon June 9, 2017.
Religion
Understanding Sufi Islam in the wake of the Egypt mosque massacre
Macer Gifford, a British volunteer who joined the Kurds in the fight against ISIS in Syria.
Conflict
British volunteers in Syria took on ISIS. Now they face possible arrest back home.
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford is stands at a podium during a press conference.
Conflict
Pentagon looks at stepping up its role in Africa to counter ISIS
A woman wearing a headwrap and as shimmering blue and gold dress stands in front of a camera, with her hands to her hips.
Culture
Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping
A US special forces soldier demonstrates how to detain a suspect during Flintlock 2014, a US-led international training mission for African militaries, in Diffa, Niger, March 4, 2014.
Conflict
Niger raid highlights US military’s growing role in Africa
Captives suspected of being Islamic State militants are seen southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq.
Conflict
Nearly a thousand ISIS fighters choose surrender, not martyrdom, in Iraq
Women wearing headscarves sit in chairs at a public beach in Alexandria, Egypt
Culture
In some affluent circles in Egypt, the hijab and burkini just won’t do
doctors in afghanistan
Bioethics in Islam
Full Episode
A stack of Charlie Hebdo cartoon collections in the publicity office of the satirical newspaper in in Paris.
Culture
Brace yourself America, Charlie Hebdo has arrived
A woman gets her pulse checked at Jericho Road Community Health Center, a health center that focuses on culturally sensitive health care for refugees.
Culture
Some refugees suffer culture shock — with their health care
Man in blue polo stands on street corner looking up, with sign for "Crunch" gym behind him
Global Politics
A ‘man of no land’ tries to find home in Saudi Arabia
A Christian man, portraying Jesus Christ, is hung on a cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in al-Qraya village, in southern Lebanon on April 14, 2017. Muslims also revere Jesus as a prophet. In the Quran, the stor
Culture
Muslims revere Jesus too, but this Turkish author sees the Islamic Jesus in a new light
Imam Mohamed Magid stands in front of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) mosque in Sterling, Virginia, U.S. on May 19, 2016. In a statement after the murder of 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen, Magid said, “We are devastated and heartbroken as our commu
Religion
The murder of a Virginia teen has ‘shaken up the entire American Muslim community’
People are seen inside Iran's parliament during an attack in central Tehran
Conflict
ISIS has wanted to strike in Iran for a long time
President Donald Trump before his speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on May 21, 2017.
SHORT: Is Trump cutting the US program that could stop bombings like Manchester?
Full Episode
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One for his first international trip as president, including stops in Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Vatican, Brussels and at the G7 summit in Sicily, from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, U
Global Politics
Donald Trump’s first foreign trip is a lot like a pilgrimage. And that’s the point.
Amani Al-Khatahtbeh, the creator of the website Muslim Girl.
Culture
From facing Islamophobia, to creating a hit website that fights Muslim caricatures
Muslim men gathered in a basement transformed into a a prayer room in the neighborhood of Agios Nikolaos, in Athens
Belief
Athens doesn’t have a single mosque, so Muslims worship in makeshift prayer rooms
Sarah Zouak is one of the co-founders of Lallab, a new webzine featuring the voices of Muslim women in France.
Religion
One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice
Two men in smile in posed photo in front of small market
Justice
A Muslim immigrant and a Christian pastor find common ground — and try to connect with their Latino neighbors too
Demonstrators spell out "# No Muslim Ban" during a protest against President Donald Trump's executive order travel ban.
Justice
Why this Muslim American, who fled Iran in 1979, backs Trump’s travel ban