Scholar Warren Larson has a surprising answer to this difficult question. Given the growth of terrorist groups such as ISIS, what is the true nature of Islam—violent or peaceful? President Obama says ...

Americans are obsessed with Islam as an idea, as a mystery and as an existential threat to the West. As a result, our debates over Islam and Muslims aren’t really about “them” as much as they are ...

Syed Sajid Ahmad, in a Nov. 30 Forum column, quoted many peaceful verses from the Quran, of which there are many. Unfortunately for humanity, all those peaceful verses are superseded or negated by ...

With the world suffering from the menace of terrorism, violence and sectarianism, it is necessary to teach children about the peaceful and inclusive teachings of Islam to build a harmonious society.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. For the last three years, the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has ...

Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and other Islamic scholars have advocated for peaceful coexistence and avoidance of misinformation that could lead to conflict in Nigeria and ...

The Missioner, Muslim Teachers Association of Nigeria (MUTAN), Lagos State, Sheik Abdulwahab Lawal, has said that widespread ignorance of mankind concerning divine provisions in Islam endangers the ...

An Iraqi man prays at the Al-Noori Al-Kabeer mosque – now draped with the Islamic State flag – in Mosul, northern Iraq. EPA/STR Islam has a history of violence. Muslims can be violent. Denying this is ...