The foundation of religious life for Sunni Muslims, who comprise around eighty-five percent of Muslims worldwide, is known as ...

“I may not have wanted to forget my identity as a Japanese,” Takao said, explaining her decision to select the traditional attire to recite the Shahada oath to formally convert to Isla ...

For Sunni Muslims the Shahadah is: "There is no God but Allah and Muhammad is the Prophet of Allah." Shi’a Muslims add an extra phrase to the Shahadah: "And Ali is the friend of God." ...

My home county, Maury County, Tenn., made headlines when parents objected to an assignment, to middle-school kids, to write the shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith. Other parents objected to ...

Ramadan, also called Ramazan or Ramzan, is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar. The term RAMADAN is derived from ...