Elijah Muhammad had encouraged Malcolm in his ministry, appointing him the Nation of Islam's national representative. "I want you to be well known," Muhammad said, because "it will make me well ...

The first known formal text of the Quran was not assembled until 653 A.D. on the orders of Uthman, the third caliph, or leader of the Muslim community after Muhammad’s death.

Thomas said the test suggest the animal from which the parchment was taken was alive during the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad or shortly afterward. "This means that the parts of the Quran that ...

The University of Birmingham in the U.K. says it has discovered a portion of a Quran manuscript from about the time of the Prophet Muhammad, making it one of the earliest versions of Islam's holy ...

The name Elijah Muhammad evokes mixed reactions among people inside and outside the Muslim faith. Muhammad, who died in 1975 at age 77, was the leader of the Nation of Islam, a black Islamic ...

Elijah Muhammad had encouraged Malcolm in his ministry, appointing him the Nation of Islam's national representative. "I want you to be well known," Muhammad said, because "it will make me well ...