During Ramadan, Muslims give up food and drink, smoking and sexual activity in daylight hours. Ramadan lasts for 29 or 30 days each year. Because Islam uses a lunar calendar, the month of Ramadan ...

Greater jihad close greater jihadA Muslim's personal struggle with their faith. is the personal, inner struggle to be a good Muslim and to improve spiritually. It is a constant duty and is seen as an ...

Taking over from the organization's founder, Elijah Muhammad helmed the Nation of Islam during a period of limited growth. Malcolm X's arrival in 1952 ushered in a time of dramatically increased ...

Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that ...

Let’s eradicate the scourge of Islamophobia from every country and community.” Intolerance and discrimination against Muslims have existed for a long time, but have intensified in recent years due to ...