An Egyptian Sufi Muslim practices ritualized Zikr (invocation) to celebrate Mawlid an-Nabi, or the birth of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Jan. 3, 2015. Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh Muslims generally ...

Editorial note: Here & Now is showing these images from the 14th and 16th centuries, which can be found in museums, libraries historical textbooks and Islamic books of art. In this interview, our ...

Twelve caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published in 2005 had a huge impact around the world, with riots in many Muslim countries the following year causing deaths and destruction - so what do the ...

No one knows what the Prophet Muhammad looks like. From historical sources, we can reasonably surmise he was an Arab male, but that’s such a broad category as to say almost nothing about his physical ...

Since the advent of Islam, more than fourteen centuries ago, its opponents have spared no effort to enshroud its Prophet’s character with doubts, drawing a deformed image of him to slander his ...

During his lifetime, the Prophet, , moved and traveled extensively through the Arabian Peninsula and ancient Syria, as a worshipper, a caller to Allah The Almighty, a migrant, conqueror, commander, ...

Almost all parents love their own children much more than they love the children of their neighbors. This is natural. Most parents are also able to acknowledge that some of their neighbor’s children ...

Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The BBC News website looks at why the depictions have caused such offence. What does ...