Less spending, higher prices and fewer animal sacrifices subdued the usual festive mood as the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha was celebrated in many parts of the world. In Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, ...

Sale, who has taught Hebrew at Jakarta’s Grand Mosque Istiqlal since early this year, is a brave bridge-builder between cultures and faiths. Indonesia ... to fund his Islamic studies at Al ...

Eid al-Adha (the festival of sacrifice) is one of the two biggest Islamic holidays, alongside Eid al-Fitr (the end of Ramadan ...

Iranians again face a U.S. travel ban imposed by President Donald Trump, with the decision drawing anger, frustration and ...

Israel launched airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Beirut Thursday night, just before the start of Eid Al-Adha ...

In Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, the Istiqlal Grand Mosque was filled for morning prayers Friday as Muslim worshippers marked ...

As I prepared to take a photograph of an anti-American mural outside of the former U.S. Embassy in Iran’s capital recently, a ...

This statement is part of a declaration signed September 5 by Pope Francis and Nasaruddin Umar, the Grand Imam of Jakarta's Istiqlal Mosque, during an interreligious meeting held in front of the ...

Reflecting on the pope’s September visit, Nasaruddin recalled how Francis had made a strong impression by visiting Jakarta’s Istiqlal Mosque and making a ... in from Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s ...

Muslims in Indonesia are shopping for sweets ... known as “tarawih” on the first eve of Ramadan. In Jakarta’s Istiqlal Grand Mosque, the largest in Southeast Asia, tens of thousands of ...

Jakarta. They were performing Tarhib Ramadan, a traditional event to welcome the Islamic fasting month, on Wednesday evening. Muslim women hold torches during a parade ahead of the holy fasting month ...

Rizieq Shihab, the spiritual figurehead of the now-banned Islamic Defenders Front ... Al-Aqsa,” Rizieq told a Jakarta rally on Monday, referring to the mosque which is part of East Jerusalem ...