Known to U.S. audiences for his work with George Harrison and the Dead, the late Indian percussionist Zakir Hussain had a much greater legacy.

Mevlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, the 13th-century Persian poet, theologian, and mystic, holds an enduring legacy as one of the most influential figures in Islamic spirituality and philosophy. His ...

Contemporary qawwali by Rahman’s Sufi ensemble 'In a world ravaged by war, hate crimes and intolerance, everyone is looking for peace. This is what makes Sufi music relevant in modern times' ...

(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) WASHINGTON (AP) — Massive U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State militants in Syria were meant in part as a message to the group and a move to ensure that it doesn’t try to ...

NEW DELHI – A Muslim shrine sitting at the heart of the Indian sub-continent’s syncretic tradition is the latest place of worship caught in a deepening effort by Hindu nationalists to restore ...

According to Robert Wood, the US ambassador to the United Nations, Washington is keeping an eye on how opposition forces who deposed Bashar al-Assad would conduct on the ground after attempting to ...

A fundamentalist Islamic cleric who labelled the Jewish race as 'vile' and 'treacherous' has spread a disturbing theory online in the wake of the Melbourne synagogue firebombing. Controversial ...

The White House said Saturday that U.S. priorities in Syria now are to ensure the country's conflict does not encourage a resurgence of the Islamic State militant group or lead to a "humanitarian ...

The document says that earlier this year multiple charities hosted an extremist Islamic scholar from Pakistan who has said sexual slavery is acceptable and has condoned the killing of ...

The Muslim community has been thrown into mourning following the passing of one of its most revered figures, Alhaji Muyideen Bello. Born in 1940 in Ibadan, Alhaji Bello was widely respected for ...

Could it be denied that a lot of temples were destroyed during the Muslim rule? What explains the near total absence of big temples in north India? The South, where the penetration of the Muslim rule ...