Precisely 100 years after the death of the Prophet Mohammed in 632, his Arab followers, after having fought across thousands of miles and conquered lands from Arabia to Spain, found themselves in ...

Islamic history encompasses two of the most powerful battles in the collective memory and consciousness of Muslim nations: the Battle of the Trench and the Battle of Hattin. Hamas and its allies from ...

Rather, to deny the Islamic theological and cultural roots of some (not all terrorism) is akin to denying that Nazism had roots in German culture or refusing to associate Stalinism with Russian ...

**By Raymond Ibrahim | Translated by Lee Jae-hwang | Chaekgwa Hamkke | 528 pages | 33,000 Korean won** In 636, Emperor Heraclius of the Eastern Roman Empire dispatched a large expeditionary force to ...

The image of the last U.S. soldier leaving Kabul might have marked the end of America’s 20-year presence in Afghanistan. But it also begins a new chapter in an older story: the contest between Muslims ...

United States-backed Syrian forces began marching last week on the northern city of Raqqah, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group’s self-styled caliphate. The offensive promises to divert ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The next leader of Islamic State is likely to be from a close circle of battle-hardened Iraqi jihadists who emerged in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S. invasion, two Iraqi security ...

The buildings in Amman, Jordan, are nearly all built from white limestone. It’s by design and building code and is considered a matter of aesthetics. As the sun comes up, the early morning light ...

BEIRUT — The leader of the Islamic State group, Abu al-Hassan al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, was killed in battle recently, the group’s spokesman said in audio released Wednesday. He gave no further details.

Wonder Land: Kabul’s conquerors hold the leverage in defining the terms of a postwar status quo. Images: AFP/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The image of the last U.S. soldier leaving Kabul might ...