The modern principle of pluralism holds two ideas in tension: Believers should be free to spread their faith, while minority ...

Scholars of Islamic art have accused New York’s Asia Society and Museum of censorship over a virtual tour of its exhibition that blurred out two artworks featuring depictions of Muhammad. The ...

Yaqeen Institute, an Islamic research organization, writes that Muhammad began receiving visions and direction from God and used those to create The Quran. There is no mention of Catholic involvement.

Still, art historical representations of the Prophet Muhammad in various settings remain a flashpoint for debate about matters involving religious respect, free speech and academic liberty.

The McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College explores sources of wonder in the upcoming exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World. Organized in collaboration ...

Also known as the Prophet’s Mosque, Al Masjid Al Nabawi is closely associated with the life and legacy of the Islamic community’s Prophet Muhammad. The prophet built the mosque in the year 622 ...

The controversy began in October 2023 when López Prater showed a 14th-century painting depicting the Prophet Muhammad to her students as part of a lesson on Islamic art. She had warned them in ...

The civil rights leader Malcolm X was famously part of the Nation of Islam until his break from the group in 1964. What is the history behind this small but influential religious movement?

In October during a virtual class, López Prater showed her art history class "The Prophet Muhammad Receiving Revelation from the Angel Gabriel," a painting her lawsuit states was made "by a ...

The Islamic creed is also on the Saudi Arabian flag: La ‘ilaha 'illa-llah ('there is no God but God’), muhammadun rasūlu-llāh (‘Muhammad is the Messenger of God’).