IN THE SHADOW OF THE SWORD: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire. By Tom Holland. Doubleday. 526 pages. $29.95. This impressive and extensively documented narrative history traces ...

The acclaimed filmmaker behind the 2006 hit 'The Yacoubian Building' is currently in post on 'Diamond Dust' and says Saudi Arabia's entertainment industry push will help the Arab market expand. By ...

Every year, Muslims around the world celebrate the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (S), the Messenger of God sent to confirm the essential teachings of monotheism. Born on the 17th day of the Islamic ...

Muslims around the world and in central Ohio begin observing the holy month of Ramadan on Wednesday evening. During Ramadan, which commemorates the revelation of the Quran, both Sunni and Shia Muslims ...

Life imitates art. Surely few know that better than author Michael Muhammed Knight. Raised Irish-Catholic, Knight was but a teen when he embarked on a soul-searching trip to Pakistan to make sense of ...

Yours truly has heaped a lot of attention on a documentary about a Costa Mesa punk club, We Were Feared (here, here, and not to mention the Weekly's slideshow here). But, truth be told, it's not even ...

The wife of slain New York Police Officer Didarul Islam, one of five people fatally shot at a midtown Manhattan high-rise last month, has given birth to a son, police announced Monday. Arham became ...

Islamabad: Islam permits birth spacing to safeguard the health of women and children, religious scholars and public health experts said on Friday, citing Quranic injunctions and classical scholars who ...