On a special edition of "20/20," ABC News' Diane Sawyer and Bill Weir ask scholars to trace the roots of violence in Islam and how Americans and Muslims understand the Koran's teachings.

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon late Friday confirmed five incidents of Koran desecration at the prison for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, wrapping up a high-priority investigation. The findings ...

A right wing politician in the Netherlands went on trial today for "inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims." Geert Wilders compared the Koran to Mein Kampf.

Last year, the pastor of the church, Terry Jones, had announced he would burn a Koran on Sept. 11. The announcement drew worldwide condemnation, including remarks by President Obama, who in a ...

An Islamic grouping of 57 states said on Sunday collective measures are needed to prevent acts of desecration to the Koran and international law should be used to stop religious hatred after the ...

This column was written by Eugene Volokh. The U.S. Constitution is a multiculturalist document. Not in all senses, of course: It tries to forge a common national culture as well as tolerating ...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that people who desecrate the Koran should face the "most severe punishment" and Sweden has "gone into battle-array for war on the ...

Koran by Heart Docu Production: An HBO Documentary Films presentation of a Passion Pictures and Motto Pictures production, in association with Artifact Studios. Produced by Julie Goldman, John ...

Longtime Congress watchers will recall Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), America’s first Muslim member of the body, also used Jefferson’s Koran for his 2007 swearing-in.

Following claims that the world's oldest Koran has been discovered, Behman Sadeghi traces the origins of Islam's holy book.