It goes without saying that the latest ads in New York subway stations are antithetical to the message of Dr. King, who denounced bigotry against people of all backgrounds. He repeatedly condemned anti-Semitism and would no doubt have denounced the present-day campaign against American Muslims.

A virulently anti-Islam movie trailer sparked widespread protests across the Arab world and may have caused the death of a U.S. ambassador. But the truth about Islam is anything but hateful, writes Olga M. Davidson.

Resilience and the Beauty of the Human Spirit The day after the bombings at the Boston Marathon, Muslim faith leader Jamaal Diwan wrote this response to the tragic events: I often find myself reflecting on how crazy life is. My primary reason for doing so these days is [...]

In his new book, Doug Saunders says there are those who believe immigration and high birth rates will make Muslims a majority in Europe in coming decades — and their hostility to Western values makes them a threat. Saunders tells Fresh Air that such fears are based on inaccurate assertions of fact.

On a semi consistent basis I hear the questions "Khalini ashim nafasik wa idik kaman." This is translated to: "Have you been drinking? Smoking?" For those who don't speak Arabic it's actual translation is "Let me smell your breath, and your hands as well." What all of this really translates to is the balancing act of my transparent double life and how I can achieve maximum utility.

Although countless Muslims have condemned the acts of 9/11 in the United States and worldwide, American Muslims became objects of suspicion.

The 9/11 terrorists broke numerous laws of Islam and were denounced as mass murderers by Islamic religious leaders. Even so, Islam is viewed as a religion preaching violence.

From my own personal experience both as a khateeb and as an avid attendee (kinda obligatory), this is Muslim Medicine's Top 10 Ranking of Terrible Khutbahs, hand-picked from actual experiences

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Stefani Pollack, the creative cook behind the fun, experimental blog The Cupcake Project, thinks up, bakes up, and eats up the world's wackiest desserts.

The predominance of male-dominated interpretations of canonical texts has often caused analysts and others to proclaim the inherently dangerous relationship between religion and women.

For example, the abundance of stories (some factual and others fictional) that focus on the unequal status of Muslim women’s experiences tends to reaffirm such assessments about the dangers inherent in women identifying with or practicing Islam. “Honor”-based violence against numerous Muslim women, denial of their basic human rights in the name of religious authenticity, and the extreme cases of threats to the lives of Muslim women (as so horrifically exemplified in the attack on Malala Yusufzai) validate the negative assessments of Islam’s meaning for Muslim women. But such assessments focus on Muslim women as the victims of religion and often fail to appreciate the empowerment a number of these women experience precisely as a result of their faith in the unity of God (Tawhid), and the belief in Pro

Together, Islam and Catholicism represent about 40 percent of the world's population, so the estimated 1.6 billion Muslims in the world have more than a passing interest in the new pope who will shepherd the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.

Too often, relations between the two groups have been shaped by conflict -- the Christian Crusades of 1,000 years ago are still a raw wound for many Muslims, and more recently, Muslim extremist attacks on Christian communities across Africa and the Middle East have left the Vatican deeply concerned.