The white moon rose over us, from the valley of Wada, And we owe it to show gratefulness, Where the call is to Allah. Oh you ...

Prophet Muhammad is history’s first major figure to condemn collateral damage in word and deed. His advanced rules of war established 1400 years ago a yet unmatched humanitarian standard. And ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world will converge on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.

When that has been done, they return to their campsite in Mina, marking the completion of Hajj. Many pilgrims also visit Medina, the second holiest city in Islam, before heading home.

He was a husband, a businessman, a grandfather, a warrior, a judge, a politician, and a religious leader. For many of the 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, Muhammad ibn Abdullah (died, 632 CE ...

China makes it harder for its Muslim citizens to go to Mecca, or anywhere else Chinese Muslims take roundabout trips for their Hajj pilgrimage, trying to circumvent China's tightened surveillance ...

When Muhammad moved to Medina from Mecca, he found it to be a far more cosmopolitan city, with a large and thriving Jewish community. In Medina, the prophet followed many Jewish habits, even if ...

Elijah Muhammad, he said, had conferred the name Muhammad Ali on him in March 1964. ... But he arrived in Ghana just as Malcolm X was visiting, on his slow return from a pilgrimage to Mecca.