The power of the Qur’ān resides in its miraculous Arabic lyrical beauty, surpassing the best of the pre-Islamic poems or al-mu‘allaqāt (the hanging poems), which were pinned on the Kaaba in ...

"Death, death to Saddam!" chanted Imam Husham Al-Husainy through a megaphone at a pro-war rally broadcast by C-SPAN in ...

In other similar changes in religious textbooks, the phrase “path of goodness" was replaced by “Islamic path," and ... which included poems celebrating Bashar al-Assad and his father ...

Words on the Water Festival met with School District Board 72 (SD72) on Jan. 14 to discuss the festival and secure the ...

A Frenchman held in Iran since October 2022 on Monday revealed his identity in an audio message broadcast on a French radio ...

A planned overhaul of Syria’s education curriculum is spurring concerns about the new government’s assurances that it will ...

Syria's new government is under fire after it announced changes to the school curriculum, removing all references to ousted ...

A recent law even prohibits women from singing or reciting poetry in public under the Taliban government's ultra-strict application of Islamic law. It also encourages them to "veil" their voices ...

From self-improvement tips to practical activism to escapist romance, WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette has a ...

In 1768, the emperor was given a pair of exotic jade plates as gifts. Amazed, he wrote about their origins, and over the ...

A German-Iranian woman held in Iran for over four years has returned to Germany, her family said Monday, as a Frenchman detained by the Islamic republic since October 2022 revealed his identity in an ...