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 ...

Pakistani pilgrims mourn death anniversary of Holy Prophet in Qom: A group of Pakistani pilgrims mourned the death anniversary of the Holy Prophet of Islam, Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) at the holy shrine ...

Not all lived to adulthood, but one, Fatima, would marry Muhammad’s cousin, Ali ibn Abi Talib, Muhammad’s successor. Soon, Hazrat Muhammad began to gather a small following, initially encountering no ...