Protests have spread across the Muslim world over the publication in Europe of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. The BBC News website looks at why the depictions have caused such offence. What does ...

Respected Muslims! I would like to state that the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) is a chosen and most honoured person by Allah the Almighty, unlike any other humans. The Prophet (Peace be ...

A Paleo-Arabic inscription on a boulder near an abandoned mosque in Saudi Arabia may have been carved by Ḥanẓalah bin Abī ʿĀmir, a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, a new study finds.