By IntelliNews The first International Forum of Islamic Civilization earlier this month brought over 450 religious leaders, ...

As the Indus gains geopolitical significance, Pakistan is using ancient heritage to reshape its global image and national narrative.

The “Islamic” identity of Islamic State has understandably attracted a lot of notice. There is no question that it is a fanatical group with a twisted religious ideology at the core of its identity.

Mural in Karachi. Pakistan multiple identities cannot be reduced to religious fanaticism. Wasif Malik/Flickr, CC BY-ND Why is Manzoor Pashteen’s voice echoed by so many others in Pakistan today?

Editor’s Note: Cawo Abdi is author of “Elusive Jannah: The Somali Diaspora and a Borderless Muslim Identity.” Abdi is associate professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota and a research ...

For Mariana Hernandez (COL ’14), attending Wednesday’s Muslim Students Association’s Ask It! (Anonymously) event helped dispel the confusion she had about Islam. “I have a good friend who’s Muslim. I ...

Founder of Ist Revelation, Hajiya Asmau Eniola Yusuf, has underscored the powerful role Islamic literature plays in shaping moral values and nurturing faith, especially among children. According to ...

In the days, months and years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, Muqtedar Khan found himself grappling with an unrelenting question of faith and identity: “If al-Qaeda, ISIS, and all the ...

Muslim men shout slogans during a rally against a presidential decree that gives officials sweeping powers to ban organizations deemed as threats to national unity, during a rally outside the ...

Four decades is enough for an independent nation to determine its true identity. However, recent political manoeuvrings, gradually influenced by a small but strong group of Islamist hardliners and a ...